If you are a PC gamer, I would say you HAVE to go with a desktop!
But if you're not so keen on playing, but more on getting some work done, well... thats more difficult.. so let's see...
There have been mentioned some good point in the posts before mine, so here are just a few random thoughts:
Sure it's nice to be able to have your laptop always around, but do you really want that? I'm going to college myself in 3 weeks, and I really don't want to carry 3 kilos around all the time.
It's not so much the weight, but the extra piece of baggage.
Plus you have to keep an eye on it all the time.
Especially if you have some private material on your HDD.
About the battery: The Laptop I use at work has two batteries, which gives it a lifespan of about 6 hours, at max. capacity.
Now that I think of it, thats hardly enough for an entire day...
Do you have free acces to outlets at your college?
Thats all i can think of right now, hope it helps
