Aside from a publisher or professional animator, I cannot begin to imagine why anyone would ever want a desktop again.

I have a peripheral keyboard at my work station along with an elevator for the laptop so it sits at an appropriate height. I have a mouse, printers, scanner, and an external harddrive for it too. When I want it to act like a desktop, it does. When I want to take it with me, I do.

When it's hot outdoors and I'm using it as a laptop, I have a very thick corkpad from the kitchen department that works beautifully and does not block the vents.

If you get a desktop, that's all you have and you're stuck. If you get a laptop, you can have the best of both worlds. No contest!