Laptop requirements?

[Shieldse]

So would you recommend a desktop dedicated to the printer and a laptop for the design and slicing?

[Roxy]

So would you recommend a desktop dedicated to the printer and a laptop for the design and slicing?

Who? Me? For me, I want a laptop that can sit close to the printer and not take up much space but still provide a nice display to see what is going on. And to run the user interface to get GCode files to my printer.

For the design and slicing I want a very fast machine with a very large and high resolution display. Probably it should be a laptop because I move around a lot during the day. But if I did all my work at one location a desktop would be fine. Unless you are doing a lot of design work and/or constantly slicing large objects, it might not make sense to go over board. If it is just an occasional thing to do the computationally expensive stuff, it might be best to wait until you start getting annoyed at how long the process takes.