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There are some good-looking desktop cases around. And the nice thing is, you
can keep using them for years: when the guts become obsolete, simply
replace them.

Then there are the laptops
<http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/11/27/review_asus_w6fp/>. Sure, they
look good. But what happens in a few years, when the CPU, video etc start
to look old and creaky? Will you be able to replace them and keep that
fancy case? Don't think so. You'll have to throw the whole thing out and
get a new one.