text: 3 Reasons Why Laptops are Preferable to Desktops - StateUniversity.com Blog
  The thing about the laptop in regards to its size and shape is that these allow the busy college student or professional to do their work while out-and-about, say, while eating lunch or relaxing at a coffee shop. With the laptop, computer users no longer need to have to rush to get home or back to the dorm in order to "get to work," since they bring their work along with them. Laptops where intended to facilitate this necessity.
  The second reason for choosing laptops over desktops is that they can be found cheaper than the latter. Some quality laptops can actually be found under $1,000.00 at the right places and at the right time. Discounts and sales are available all the time, especially on the Internet.
  For the student with tight fund (and, truly, there are many of them), this definitely makes a difference. Even students with well-to-do parents should save money wherever possible (just ask mom and dad—they will agree), especially with computer systems, which is the modern-day college student's greatest expense after tuition and course fees. Computer system, whether they are laptops or desktops, even beat out rent.
  A third reason the laptops are preferable over desktops is that they can run on a long-lasting battery and do not necessarily require a wire hookup to access the Internet. Laptops doe come with an accessory wire than can plug into any outlet found, depending on the particular surrounds, but the battery allows for that contingency, should no outlet be available; and likewise, if the battery should go dead, the wire can serves as a backup. If no outlet is accessible under these circumstances . . . one should make sure that the battery is always charged up to make sure that nightmare never happens. The point: Having a battery is an option not typically available with desktop computers, so it makes laptops more convenient and user-friendly by design.
  Regardless of the student's personal needs or of the particular major or program, laptops are always preferable for the above reasons. Before long, laptops will likely give way to pocket computers . . . Oh wait—they already are! Still, laptops are among the most popular innovations for college students throughout the world, and, despite new forms of technology that are constantly emerging, they will always be around.