Elad – are you talking about laptop vs. desktop ? not much – the way I used my previous laptop (from work) is that I would put it on the desk where I can sit on a proper chair and use a proper keyboard (and not get distracted by TV), but having a laptop as my main computer makes it possible to take it anywhere, and also hook it up to the TV.

If I don’t buy an HTPC, I’ll buy a laptop so at least it will be possible to use it for some of the things I’d use an HTPC for.