Even I want a desktop but I have to take it to college sometimes as well as I want my device to have some sort of power backup (it's possible with
UPS but that's another hastle). I love the compact size or
laptop even though I will use it in my home on my desk 99.9% of the times but still I wouldn't have to worry about data loss due to power outage (although it is rare in our area). I also wanna do some tests so I might take it to terrace etc. As you said a small tower case can be used for PC but that's a bit more of an hastle. Specially for portability. Also I might go travelling to Nepal next year and I would need something to do all the tests so that's when it'll come in handy. As you said desktop hardware is way more powerful than laptop but I think the Ti series doesn't have much difference. Just about 15-20%. See Jarrod's video which was uploaded yesterday -
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Laptop 3080ti vs desktop 3080ti has a major difference as well as laptop 3070 & desktop 3070.
But Ti series has something which lowers the gap.
Also I was looking for 12th gen HX chip in this laptop but it's uncertain when it'll launch in India and what's gonna be the price. Although there won't be any use for those extra cores & threads but still it would have ensured top notch hardware.
Previously I was considering the 3080ti Variant with 16 GB VRAM but it turned out that in such small form factor only 8 GB is sufficient.
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For price difference of around 65k 3080ti is not worth it considering just 5-7% boost. So 3070ti gives best performance as well as it's not overpriced. Other than that I love that this lappy has 32 GB DDR5 ram which is just 16 GB if I look at the competition. Paired with 2k 240Hz display and 17.3 Inch screen I thought it is best for me.
But I'll wait and see what comes with
Lenovo legion series next. If they fail to match it then I'm going for this. Also I've seen
i7 11800h + 3070
MSI machine with 1080p 240hz display with 16 GB DDR5 RAM & 2.5G LAN + 6E. Is it a steal for 149k?