and it was sitting always in the same spot, If that's the way you work, then maybe a laptop doesn't make sense. For me, I routine work from different locations

and it was sitting always in the same spot, If that's the way you work, then maybe a laptop doesn't make sense. For me, I routine work from different locations in my home, and/or work from a nearby B&N Cafe. So portability is actually a requirement for me. If was going to have a home machine that didn't need to move around, then I'd probably build/buy a desktop machine for that.