So I have a beasty PC with 32GB ram and 580 rx and 3700X AMD and huge scratch discs. But it's big and heavy, I can't take it with me to touch up designs on the go.
I'd like a cheap laptop to use for the next 12 months or so until the new ARM MacBooks come out. My Adobe projects aren't big and I just do simple animations in After Effects. Plus I can do the bulk of my work on my PC, or even remote desktop into my PC. Remote desktop would actually be boss because the PC has real NBN.
Anyway what is a cheapy cheap Windows laptop that won't drive me insane. I reckon I can spend a thousand bucks on it easy. Any ultrabook will do? I'm so out of the loop with PC laptops. If I'm just remote desktoping most of the time probably small and light with an IPS screen would do.
I'm blown away by the ARM Macs, but Apple said they will take 2 years to finish rolling out and fully transferring macOS to ARM. And even if I wanted the day-one model it's not coming out until the end of the year anyway. I kinda need a laptop for now.
I also have a 12 inch iPad pro, perhaps that would be ideal for remote desktopping with the new keyboard cover?
Actually I just talked myself into the iPad magic keyboard. I have a $15 telstra SIM which gives me unmetered shaped internet and that's probably enough to remote desktop in a pinch. And I'll probably have wifi anyway. A $600 keyboard seems a bit silly but it'll be a lot lighter than a $600 laptop.