Well TC, Ill run a few things by you here that can be somewhat important for a gaming Desktop. and if lappys can be just as good.
1) a gaming desktop tends to be completely moduler, so if there by some off chance that a piece of hardware goes bad, it is easy and cheap to replace. (even for the people in the shops, I kid you not that reparing a gaming desktop, if the customer has made some good background checks, and can point to the problem, can be fixed, checked up on, and given back within an hour (IF what the customer thinks is the reason turns out right).
2) gaming desktops has space for airflow, just require you to buy a decent case. so they will stay cool, and be easy to clean out from time to time.
3) Gaming Desktops are dirt cheap in parts, meaning that you can get a whole lot for your money
4) access to what accesories you feel comfortable with, and want to rely on.
Lappy:
1) Unlike the PC a gaming laptop is NOT completely moduler, so if something important bites it, it can take alot of time before you get it back, often you will simply get a new lappy, with your own drives in it. It is no biggie, but can take a few weeks.
2) gaming laptops, gets REALLY hot over time, they do not have the needed airflow for continually gaming on it, without the risk of something biting it (we are talking about 6+ hours here tho, and it is not across the board, since a few lappys have made a point of removing this rather huge error (and one of those killing most laptops I suspect). Over time dust will settle in aswell, and with limited ways of cleaning a Lappy it will die over time. I think that yif you look around the net, you will find that most gaming lappys tend to last 2-3 years. However no one knows how the newer lappys perform, cooler chips allround, cound mean that the gaming lappys we see now, might last for the whole 5 years.
3) Gaming Laptops are often MUCH more expensive then thier desktop counterparts, which can range from 50%-100% where I live, but prices differ from country to country. But atleast where I live, I consider a gaming lappy to often be too expensive (and those who are cheap, I stay away from like the pleague)
4) Some things can be problematic on a lappy, IF you are unlucky, spare keyboard you could plug in, mice and gamepads aswell, but a thing like the monitor, is something most people are stuck with on a lappy ^^ It is not a given negative, but means that if you CAN you should have a look at how the image, looks, especially in games. Since a bad monitor on both a desktop and a lappy can really ruin it for ya -.-
But in short: you CAN find Lappys that are good for gaming, they are progressing faster then they used to , in that field, and they are cheaper aswell then they used to. I know that both MSI and ASUS has some REALLY nice ones out now. They are heavy as you wouldnt belive, and kind of big, but they are powerful enough ^^ No doubt about that :P
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