Because they can do more or have more equipment?
Huh, servers and laptops have fundamentally different purposes?
A bit like asking if a low-floor bus is better than a BMW i3. Definitely for a bus company, maybe not for you.
They are better as servers.
To work on it or not to play.
Servers are systems that are designed to run for a long time. They are usually optimized to provide a lot of storage space and best to enable redundant storage. On the other hand, they tend not to have graphics or high computing power in the home area because that would be unnecessary.
The comparison limps
Fits perfectly