Laptop or Desktop?

Laptops, like Mac computers, simply aren't designed to handle gaming... the specs don't matter either. Even "gaming" laptops have extremely watered down specs compared to a PC. Also, not to mention the excessive heating issues laptops generally have... they overheat much faster and more easily than regular desktops.

Desktop PC always for me. I’ve never found laptops to be good for gaming not even so called gaming laptops are good when compared with desktop PC’s.

i've been using laptops. For my 1st Sims 2 game, it was installed on a Dell computer. When playing the sims 2, i always got "the alimast display driver has stopped working, game will terminate". Switched over to HP and is fine no problems.
For the sims 4, i have an HP and everything runs smoothly in the sims 4. i have no problems whatosever

HP, gaming, I play on ultra, runs smooth, no technical issues

If you're gonna game, then do it efficiently. That's my motto at least :lol:

To game on a laptop with ultra graphics you will need to spend much more money than you would on a desktop. So if you're on a budget a desktop could save you sometimes even half the amount of money you would pay on a laptop or mac.
Laptops are very susceptible to overheating and that is a no-go when it comes to gaming. They will generally give you more issues, and will be less powerful for more money.

Another thing that I personally felt was that buying a desktop was a good investment. I bought it only to be able to play on ultra settings but I thought I'd spend an extra 200€ on buying something extra powerful. Now I know no matter how many packs I buy or even if the Sims 5 comes out and I want to play it, I will likely be able to with no issues. To do this on a laptop I'd have to spend double the amount of money and then still wouldn't be sure it can handle the next generation Sims games.

In my opinion the only reason to buy a laptop is for mobility reasons. In every other way a laptop will be inferior than a desktop.

If I played more than just TS4 as far as games go, I'd consider getting a nice gaming desktop computer, but since this is the only game I play, I just play on my laptop. I recently got a new laptop though (In November, I upgraded from a 2015 Macbook Pro to a 2020 Macbook Pro) and I can play with almost all my settings on ultra and even with a lot of CC in my game, it runs pretty smoothly most days, so in the end, I'm very satisfied with my playing experience. I know not all laptops can support the game nicely though, so I am glad that the computer I wanted anyway ends up running the game pretty nicely for me as well.

I need a portable computer to do my digital art, since I often need to bring my work with me, which is why I need a laptop to be my main computer rather than a desktop.

I currently play on a new HP Omen laptop that I bought on Black Friday:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-ssd-mica-silver/6407752.p?skuId=6407752

Prior to that, I played Sims on an HP Pavilion laptop:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/821735-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_QD977UA_ABA_dv7_6199us_Notebook_PC_steel.html

I currently own 8 EPs, 8 GPs, and 12 SPs, and I have had no issues playing Sims 4, and all of the packs, on either one. On my old Pavilion, I also had the complete Sims 2 collection installed as well. I prefer the portability of a laptop.

I have the Skytech Archangel II, I bought mine in late 2017. It came with AMD Ryzen 5 1400,GTX 1060 3GB, 1TB HDD,16 GB DDR4, Windows 10 Home Edition. So far I have had no issues with it. The graphics are great, I haven’t even used half of the 1TB HDD yet, despite having TS4 - all dlc, TS3 base game and 2 expansions , and The Sims Medieval Pirates & Nobles installed along with a lot of Sims4 cc and mods. The Archangel is still available but I think it now of course comes with newer bells and whistles. The game runs smoothly, I don’t experience a lot of the lag and bugs many complain about and I run all of them on ultra settings when I play them. I love my machine. ?

I like laptop for sims because I can casually build house from couch.

HP Laptop. They get a bad rep but I feel like a lot of it is very much outdated stereotypes. Haven't had a single issue of overheating in probably like 7 years, definitely not a regular thing by any stretch, game runs smoothly on ultra and the fan really is not loud at all. :)