<p>Im a junior in high school right now and am thinking about building a new gaming desktop. It will cost around $900 and im sure as hell not buying it if I can't take it with me to college. I would also get a laptop, just not a very good one, since all I need it for is note taking.</p>
<p>Also, I plan on going into aerospace engineering. Will I be able to transfer builds of rockets/aircraft/whatever I make with whatever program they use between my laptop and desktop.</p>
<p>Let say we get the assignment to design rocket on whatever CAD program they use. I could start the build on my laptop, go back to the dorm and transfer it over to the desktop where it will run much smoother, then when im done transfer it back to my laptop so I can bring it back to class? Is this possible?</p>
<p>I’m sure plenty of people have desktops so they can game. You should be able to easily transfer the CAD software over though you’d need two licenses for the software I imagine.</p>
<p>Why don’t you just compromise on the gaming desktop? I built a fairly good gaming desktop (well it was high end back in 2007 
) for $500 and I even overspent on the RAM.</p>
<p>You can build a desktop with a really good processor and really good video card (“compromise” on everything else - cheap RAM [but still 2gigs], cheap mobo will do, cheap case, etc…)</p>
<p>Definitely possible. I do a lesser version of that with my essays and labs, as I find a 24" monitor is much easier to do assignments with than a 13" laptop screen.</p>
<p>If you go with a desktop, you should probably go with a mATX or mini-ITX build to save some space. You can still get some great performance if you know what parts to get, and the smaller form factor will make your life much easier.</p>