I think I'm jaded against desktop units cause I remember what it was like to record things linearly all the time on my old 4 track.
Once I started looking at things graphically it changed everything. Like this kinda stuff...

You get to a point where you can just look at the screen and see all the parts of your song like it's on a spreadsheet or something.
Ya drag and drop the little boxes and move entire sections around and build the song up using everything from loops to sound effects to whatever.
Half the time you don't even have to listen to it...you just remember where the parts are.