I prefer laptop because it is easier to carry anywhere you want, even outside of the home. It is great for writing too. I can write anywhere, any time of the day instead of sitting in an office in the whole time missing out things. I can watch football while I sit with the laptop. I can even go in the woods with it. And wireless network are great. We have three notebooks and one PC. I rarely use PC even thou it is a year old in December. I have been using laptop for almost 4 years, nothing else. Now I have two-I can use both at the same time to do two different things...I wouldn't mess anything with the notebook with video games or any software. If anyone wants to play video games or download something, they can use on PC. If they mess it up, oh well...