[Pinbenterjamin]

I think it is highly dependent on the work you do.

If your two lifestyles are developer (work), and gamer (leisure), then purchasing 2 workstations to accommodate that could be prohibitively expensive.

However, if you're a developer by day, and say, love to work on your house at night, having a decent development workstation, and a simpler pc for browsing ideas and sketching things out, I would imagine that could be beneficial.

It's all about reviewing the situation that you're in, and seeing what fits your income and organizational needs.

Personally, I switched to a single laptop for everything. I purchased a laptop powerful enough to run WoW in the most vigorous situations, and something that maintains a semi-regular keyboard layout and proper specs to build small to medium sized applications.