It's very personal and what you're used too. If you're used to a 19+ inch screen then a laptop is nothing for you. But I'm not used to that, so a 15.6 inch is more then enough for me. I can work much faster on my laptop then on a desktop. Of course, I don't use the touchpad, but use trackball and a tablet for input. Due to a muscle disorder, I cannot sit too long, so a desktop is a no go for me. With a laptop I can stand, sit, lie down and even walk if need to. I can keep on working and I'm not restricted to one place either. I can sit at the kitchen table, lie on the couch or even in bed and keep on working.

For notes, I use my smartphone or tablet and as for problems, been using laptops for many years now and never re-installed the os or had any problems. Having said that neither have I had much problems with desktops in the past. It all depends on what you do with it. My oldest laptop compaq is more then 12 years old now, runs windows 2000 and is still running, never had a problem with it at all.... it's an army issued one, drop it, throw it, even shoot at it and the thing will keep on going. The other one is a 5 year old Dell, WinXP has run all the time without a problem, except for the battery, it's as good as dead. The new a HP is running win7 and it's going for a year now, running smooth and great.

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Food for thought.....
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