As for the desktop point: my work issues us our computers. They want at least one of the machines they issue us to be a laptop, so we can travel with it, and th

As for the desktop point: my work issues us our computers. They want at least one of the machines they issue us to be a laptop, so we can travel with it, and they're not going to issue more than one machine per person, so laptop it is. My setup is pretty good, with an external monitor, webcam, keyboard and mouse. The only thing crappy is the processor and thermal performance. Not much I can do about that.