The place desktops will always win is sustained performance. Sure, a $5000 Mac can run very fast in sprints, but as soon as it's loaded up and running at 100% C

The place desktops will always win is sustained performance. Sure, a $5000 Mac can run very fast in sprints, but as soon as it's loaded up and running at 100% CPU for more than a couple minutes it's going to start throttling. That's pretty much unavoidable for a mobile computer - there's only so much space to move air around. Processors are just fancy ways to convert electricity to heat when it comes down to it, and desktops have lots of surface area to dissipate that heat. The only laptop I've ever owned that had good sustained performance was a Dell Precision workstation machine[1] which could run at quad core i7 full load at 3.8 GHz for hours thanks to its pair of massive internal blower fans. [1] https://www.myfixguide.com/manual/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dell-precision%20m4800-disassembly-1.jpg https://www.myfixguide.com/manual/wp-content/uploads/2014/05...