In the Shop .Up until recently I had an old old Windows 8 laptop that upgraded to Windows 10 and put as much RAM in it would suffer and it got me by for a while.
This is what I bought to replace the shop computer.
Check this out on @Newegg:MSI GP Series - 15.6" 144 Hz IPS - Intel Core i7 11th Gen 11800H (2.30GHz) - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU - 16 GB DDR4 - 512 GB SSD - Windows 11 Home - Gaming Laptop (GP66 Leopard 11UG-689CA ) MSI GP66 Leopard 11UG-689CA Gaming Laptop Intel Core i7-11800H 2.40 GHz 15.6" Windows 11 Home - Newegg.ca
It is a gaming laptop(that will never game), but the laptop itself is safely tucked away and remotely operates a keyboard and mouse and screen.
Almost any laptop you can buy a remote docking station. Here’s the one I bought.
Check this out on @Newegg:Wavlink USB 3.0 Universal Laptop Docking Station Dual Monitor with HDMI & DVI/VGA with Gigabit Ethernet, 6 USB Ports, Audio for Laptop, PCs Support Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04
I do like having a more powerful computer at the shop so I can freely design and change things standing right in front of the machine, instead of marching off to find another computer.
I have a more powerful desktop computer I do a lot of my work on but it’s in my office across the road.
Another thing that helps me from touching my computer gear is that I have a wireless super Nintendo controller that I use for moving around my torch on the table.