# Laptop or Desktop?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-or-desktop/48145>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-or-desktop/48145 "2004-04-10T15:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![redViper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@redViper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/redViper)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/laptop-or-desktop/48145/1 "2004-04-10T15:48:47Z")

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What do you suggest?

The most I will be using it for is graphics and designing, as well as a few online games (such as ut2k3) … I would like to take it with me places, but I don’t go that far very often to take it with me all the time.

So should I buy a laptop? or BUILD a desktop? Keeping in mind i’ve never really done anything inside the computer. I would like to learn, but I don’t want to mess something like the processor up.

And for the Canadians: Could you spend less then 700 on a decent machine? I already have a hard drive, monitor, keyboard, mouse so I just need the guts of the computer.

Thanks for the help :cons: