User blog comment:Ireithien/What Did You Get for Christmas?/@comment-24490527-20131224212510/@comment-1693968-20131226155621

I don't doubt that you can get a good gaming laptop with fantastic specs, it's just the form factor can be much more challenging. You need an additional mouse for most games, and sometimes even a keyboard. The screens are always smaller, so you need to pay extra money to get a larger monitor. And like Alemas said, it's a lot more difficult to upgrade them. The portability is nice, but if you really want the best you can get, a traditional tower PC is your best bet.

If you don't really care, then go for the laptop. I use laptops and all-in-ones quite often, and they work great. I just wouldn't want to use a laptop if I planned to use it only for games.