Agree with RS - desktop far easier and so much cheaper to repair, upgrade etc. Screen goes on laptop out of warranty - beyond economic repair - screen goes on desktop, buy a new one to your budget/needs. Need more disk space on laptop - tough, or get an external drive, need more on desktop, just shove another one in....and so it goes on.
Price for price, laptops are not very robust compared to desktops, in my experience.