Because the point of a laptop is to be portable? And a large chunk of that is being small and light? I could haul my full desktop and monitors around with me, b

Because the point of a laptop is to be portable? And a large chunk of that is being small and light? I could haul my full desktop and monitors around with me, but it's not worth the tradeoff. If I can get a computer that does 70% of what my desktop can do at a tenth of the weight and size, that's worth the money.