>>105595760Desktops only made sense with small CRT screens.
The desktop went on your desk, the small CRT went on your desktop raising it to eye level.
When CRT's grew over 14" or so they had to be lowered so there was no space left for a desktop.
That's when people put the computer on the ground instead.
And when you put the computer on the ground a tower makes more sense to save leg room.
But then zoomers were born and they love RGB so they put computers back on the desk to look at the RGB even if it wastes precious desk space.