When our desktop well had issues which I could not resolve and hubby had already moved due to a job I went a head and bought a laptop knowing it would just be simpler when the time came to move. Well after that move and then another one (from rental to home purchase) it was simpler to have the laptop. Now that we're here hubby bought a new desktop and is planning on eventually hooking up the old computer to act as a server and to play older games on.