HP Spectre, Dell Precision, XPS, Surface?

[John_Brock]

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Does professionals actually buy expensive laptop such as XPS17?

I’ve been using desktop with i7 4790K(4Core 8Thread) + GTX980 for several years in architectural school and in small company mainly using Rhinoceros and occasional Vray or Octane. Some employers didn’t offered PC to me, so in that case I used my laptop and remote software to access the desktop resources. Now I’m moving to US for my Masters degree in architecture and planning to purchase a good one that would last about 3 years. I was expecting the laptop to replace my desktop which should hav…