Future expectations and current laptops vs desktops in real world scenarios? Star Citizen?

I'm not sure why we're still arguing?

-If you don't need the mobility, then a desktop is the cheapest period
-If you need the mobility, then expect to pay a premium or have lower end hardware
-If you're flexible, then the onus is on you to do all your research and gauge whether the price of mobility (pun intended) is worth it to you

 

Indeed. Shame on me apparently for trying to show people here that things aren't nearly as good looking for laptops in terms of price-performance as they seem to think. I myself am currently deciding whether I should go with the mobility of laptops that I really enjoy or the price-performance of desktops, and am researching as much as possible in the process, I thought that the opinion of someone who is exactly in this situation and researching as much would be valuable to others in the same situation but I'm not so sure anymore even though I'm giving as much information as I can. Seem people here are set to go for laptops disregarding the price which clearly isn't my situation.

Anyways, I believe I made my point clear enough as was summarized above for whoever is interested.

 

I own both desktop (i5-3570k, GTX 670, 24" 6ms IPS) and a laptop (i7-4810MQ, GTX 860m, 13.3" 6ms IPS) and guess what? I use my laptop 90% of the time for gaming. Gaming isn't noticeably better on the desktop, while technically I know it is, but it doesn't matter, because at same settings they're both over 60FPS. Not to mention the inconvenience of the fixed location of my desktop. Quoting % differences is all fine and dandy but looking at it from a realistic perspective, it's not all that much different. I play BF4, Titanfall, Wolfenstein, all on High at 1080p at 60FPS+.

And it's up to the user really what's beneficial to them. Obviously this being a laptop forum most users here prefer a laptop. What I miss most with a laptop is a physically larger screen, but as long as I have 1080p at least on 13" or higher, I'm good.

A desktop will always be a cheaper alternative, but it's not as cut and dry as it used to be. For many paying an extra $300-500 for mobility is worth it.

 

There's the 3rd option of buying both a desktop and laptop. Depending on how much mobility you need and whether you want to game on the go, you could increase or decrease your desktop budget accordingly.