I am in the process of building a 3x6 foot cnc router. I am trying to decide what type of computer I want to use with it. I will probably get a dell, but I still don't know whether I want a desktop or a laptop. The desktop would be probably be better for doing the design work with the larger screen but I could connect to the internet through wifi in the shop with a laptop, because we have a very good high speed wifi network at home. My shop is to far away though to connect to internet with an ethernet cable for a desktop. My uncle runs the cnc machine in my grandparents lawn furniture shop with a laptop, but it is a 30x50 cnc shark and only used for making engravings with vcarve.