To condition or not condition, that is the question

Well Batch #1 has passed its two week of fermentation. Now I have to decide whether I condition the beer or not. Conditioning is (from what I understand) where you move the beer from the fermentation container to another container and just let it sit there. The other option is to just bottle the beers. I've been told conditioning isn't necessary, and if I had my druthers I'd skip it as well, but being off for two weeks means there isn't room in the budget to buy bottles yet. So it looks like I'll condition my beer. I'm not totally sure what this will accomplish but it buys me time.