New Computer Woes

Hey, all! I am having the craziest luck trying to decide what to do about buying a new computer before the new semester starts! I don't know whether to go laptop or desktop. I own a laptop already and it does fine for the stuff that I need it to do now but I (this is embarrassing!) have a game that just barely runs on the laptop. I can either buy a refurbished laptop that has the required stuff to run it or I can upgrade the computer that I have now (both options will run about the same price) or I can buy a more powerful desktop with one of those cool flat screens and leave it at home and transfer my game over to the desktop. Now, if I decide to go desktop, that brings in the questions of where to purchase it, what stuff to get on it, and so on and so forth. I know that I would rather have another laptop because they don't take up as much room but I also know that desktops are cheaper and more powerful. My ever cool computer people that I took my computers to (Thanks very much for all the help that you gave me Custom Mirco Computers!) decided to move and not leave any forwarding information. But, I'll just have to get over that. I have some co-workers who know alot about computers so I might ask them. Be prepared, Evilgenuises, be very prepared! More on this to come.