if you get a stand thermals are quite good to be honest. i decided to go with a 15" for my mobile workstation because i had a 17" before and that shit is clunky and heavy and the opposite of mobile. the 17" screen will still be too small for real usage so i also decided that 15" is fine. works nice but for anything serious…
I put my hands on a few 17" models and they always seemed too big for me for a true mobile solution I could took with me in a backpack rather than drive around in a car. It's like DSLR camera which I own but never use really . Too big and heavy for minimal advantages. And since such a laptop of a class is an expensive…
Foe pretty a while I want to buy a modern laptop with 3080 GPU. For switching work locations. Working from hotel room sometimes while traveling . I don't care about battery life since I can't imagine I would ever be working in absence of electrical outlet but I do care about screen. I once worked full time at 15" CRT…
I haven't owned a workstation for some years. There really is no practical solution to this except the size of your budget and if you are fit enough to carry the weight. Personally I wouldn't bother with 15, but as mine is mainly for home use, as long as there is a HDMI outlet who cares? My 17 is connected up to an…
If you want a 3080 then definitely go for a 17" to get better thermals. Keep in mind it's not just about how cool it runs when you buy it, laptops tend to get warmer as they age due to dust buildup and such unless you regularly take them apart and clean them. They also tend to have higher maximum ram capacity compared to…