Macbook as every computer

I have a Mini and am about to purchase a MacBook. I want to sell the Mini for financial reasons. With the mini-DVI to VGA adapter, can I use the MacBook as a desktop replacement or should I either:
a) rethink the MacBook purchase
b) rethink selling the Mini
I wanted a notebook computer when I bought my Mini, but I got caught up in the Mini as an HTPC craze and bought one. The thing is, I am not using for that. I am using it for everyday computer and I ended up using my Dell as my MTPC.
I would have it now if the Apple store wasn't out of them, so now I have more time to think and discuss this before I do it.

You will get better battery life if you shut it down and disconnect the power adaptor at night, webpoet73. LiOn batteries don't like being fully charged all the time, and the added heat from leaving it running 24/7 will reduce battery longevity too. At the very least I'd be running it from the battery for a fair amount of time every week or so.
Occasional restarts can also be helpful in reducing memory issues with some less than perfectly written software, too.
I used a PB12 as a "desktop" for a couple of years and experienced the battery issue as a consequence myself.
One big plus of using a notebook in this fashion, by the way, compared to a "regular" desktop, is that the battery essentially provide you with a "built in" uninteruptible power supply!
Downsides include higher initial cost than an equivalent desktop, smaller HD's, slower internal optical drives and the fact that it actually takes up more desk space if you add an external screen and keyboard, and then compare it to an iMac.
It can certainly be a workable solution for many people though.
Cheers
Rod

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0xffffff80fa353060 : 0xffffff7f89908d9e
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0xffffff80fa353110 : 0xffffff7f89b8d5be
0xffffff80fa353240 : 0xffffff7f8992cd41
0xffffff80fa353260 : 0xffffff7f8984308d
0xffffff80fa353310 : 0xffffff7f89840bae
0xffffff80fa353510 : 0xffffff7f898424d7
0xffffff80fa3535e0 : 0xffffff7f8a7835bf
0xffffff80fa3536b0 : 0xffffff7f8a7ad993
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0xffffff80fa353850 : 0xffffff7f8a7971a8
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: iPhoto
Mac OS version:
13B42
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x0000000008c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8008e00000
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 6760901154613
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