Personally unless you can afford both, the desktop is the way to go and these days college kids are taking them to their dorms.

If you are going to get a laptop then I recently bought an ASUS G73JH

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-695-_-Product

Which is faster than most peoples desktop unless they built a special high end gaming box. I happen to like the ATI vid card here as its the best out there atm but of you prefer nVidia you can get the same unit with a different vid card too...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-834-_-Product


One more thing, if you have the time to wait, keep checking the recertification units which are the same unit but at about half the price with only a 90 day warranty but you can buy a 3 year for $109.00 which is really one hell of a deal. Just hook up your monitor, keyboard, + mouse to it and you'll never know it's not a desktop!

GDLK


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