I am in the middle of struggling of desktop and laptop. Recently I felt like I’m lack of computer to use, I mean a useful one 
Anyway, laptop or desktop that’s my concern. Since I move around quite a lot (As in moving my room/place etc, not walking to another place). The thing is, I’m so used to have a small screen 
First year in college I was using my sister’s desktop running at Pentium 3, 1GHz, 512MB RAM, coming with a 14″ CRT monitor. Then I moved along with my Macbook with 13.3″ LCD screen and now back to PC laptop that has about 14.1″ LCD screen, all of those taking me a great 5 years and still with less than 17″ screen. My eyes… 
Here are my concern:
Desktop
- Cost about the same, but with bigger screen
- Not convenient for me to move around
- I can play with hardware instead of software
- Consume more electricity than laptop that run with 6 cell battery
- Upgradable, which mean it has a longer lifespan
- Expandable, can add more hardware/storage and etc
- Require some space on my table or my room
Laptop
- Cost the same as dekstop, but smaller screen
- Can move when and where I want anytime
- Software again, but Ubuntu can be main used then
- Consume less electric but the UV from screen is strong
- Cannot upgrade, life-span about 4 years or maybe 5
Feeling stupid to do such a comparison. But anyway, I’ve checked into the market price listing. I can easily get a good spec (Almos the same spec with my current laptop) for about RM1800 and for desktop, I could get a good and big LCD screen to help my eyes. Using a laptop is just like a desktop having a diet pill, shrink down a little bit. The cost is almost the same after all. But whatever I’ll be choosing, the front part is still $$…