What’s a good high perf laptop in 2022 that manages high load for hours (with power cable) without being noisy or overheating/throttling
The Dell precisions I have had have been crappy with swelling batteries after a year or so of hard use. The current one has had two battery replacements with touchpad and keyboard replacement, within the warranty period. I just recently swapped the CPU fan. The last precision before that had to get a screen and motherboard replaced.
Anything that has proper cooling and latest gen CPU seems to be plasticky gaming models (Alienware, Legion, ..). No one makes a good developer workstation for 99% stationary use it seems. Yet almost all developers I know use external power, keyboards and screens almost all the time and just occasionally move between e.g home and office. The niche of “movable workstation” seems underserviced despite a huge market, right?
Sorry, I should have added I have to be able to run Windows on it natively too. Otherwise I'd be on an Apple chip. I need something quiet, high power, AND x86 (But doesn't have to be light, cheap, small, have any battery life...)
The Dell precisions I have had have been crappy with swelling batteries after a year or so of hard use. The current one has had two battery replacements with touchpad and keyboard replacement, within the warranty period. I just recently swapped the CPU fan. The last precision before that had to get a screen and motherboard replaced.
Anything that has proper cooling and latest gen CPU seems to be plasticky gaming models (Alienware, Legion, ..). No one makes a good developer workstation for 99% stationary use it seems. Yet almost all developers I know use external power, keyboards and screens almost all the time and just occasionally move between e.g home and office. The niche of “movable workstation” seems underserviced despite a huge market, right?