User blog comment:Andronikos Leventis/Maxis Vs EA/@comment-3109473-20101231093334/@comment-1519608-20101231224341

That makes sense. Consider that in a laptop, the components must be built with respect to weight, heat produced, battery life, and total size, and it starts to make sense. A computer which is designed to be connected to a constant power supply and which isn't mobile would obviously be able to contain components that consume more power, are larger and heavier and throw off more heat (since the computer could have a more extensive cooling system installed). To my laptop's credit, it certainly seems zippy enough with its current RAM and processor, even though I'm running an Intel graphics chip. I'm glad that my 2 1/2 year old laptop still has some bite left in it... :D