Then Why get a laptop?

lol.

Say a person has no space at their desk because they live in mom's closet. They absolutely have to have a laptop, and they are a gamer with loads of cash. Then by all means, by the biggest, baddest gaming laptop out there.

I always thought of laptops as secondary systems anyway. I really don't picture them as primary machines. The problems they can have running 24/7, or at least all day. I think of laptops as just additions to desktops. The detachable sidekick if you will. To take with you, use as a laptop is meant to be used. Until you go back to do your work on the good ol' desktop.

And seriously, desktops can come in pretty tiny packages, even with upgrade options. Such as extra half-height PCI and AGP, more plugs, full sized bays etc. Mingled with an LCD and a wireless keyboard with mouse built-in, doesn't take all that more space then a laptop. Plus they are easier to upgrade RAM and CPU or Hard drive later on.

If you want a laptop as your primary PC, to sit at a desk all year except when you take it on vacation. That isn't a good reason to buy a laptop. If you need to travel with your PC on a weekly, maybe even monthly basis, then a laptop may be better. If you can't get by using memory cards.

The reason I want a laptop is that i still live at home and have no space for a computer in my room.

Lenovo bought all the personal computing division. This includes desktops, laptops, and monitors.

They didn't buy the workstation division though, so you can still purchase an IBM "PC" if you want to call it that. They are probably more for those that want real iron and don't mind paying a huge premium.

Laptops are dropping in price as much as desktops are.

You can still add more memory to a laptop or a bigger harddrive.

If you need a desktop, get one. Otherwise I would get a desktop.

The reasons you might need a desktop are:
1) You game demanding games.
2) You need multiple optical drives.
3) You need multiple harddrives for RAID or extra storage. Even that can be leveled on a laptop with external hdd enclosures (for extra storage at least).
4) You plan on upgrading (most end users don't ever upgrade their desktop).
5) You will never ever ever want to take your computer with you.

Otherwise a laptop is the way to go. With built in wireless almost standard now, it great to be able to just sit anywhere in the house and surf. Laptops are not that much more expensive anymore than desktops (if you include the price of a screen) and they are upgradable on the most commonly upgraded parts (memory and harddrive). Plus if you get a docking station/port replicator you can easily use your laptop as a quiet power consious desktop. You can purchase a screen, keyboard, and mouse for it and have a fairly easy to set up dual screen desktop replacement.

My 2 cents....