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I guess case and point. Tablet PC start to have thunderbolt 3 ports. Dave Lee made a video where he hooks up an eGPU to a tablet. Since the output of the graphics card was on an external monitor, performance losses were around 10~15%.

I agree, but when on the go, you don't have much choice. At home, with all the docks and ports, you can add a mouse and keyboard to the set.

I mean for the general consumer, it would be more simple to have a good quad core laptop and eGPU at home rather than having both laptop and desktop computer.

So both desktop and laptop markets are going to shrink?

Hello Community, I would like to raise a topic about the future of desktop computers and their relationships with laptops. Currently, the usual setup for a general consumer is a desktop computer and a laptop(not talking about the 50lbs "laptops"). Usually you use the laptop when you travel and do the casual productivity tasks (and the often gaming) on it. And if you need to do more power-consuming tasks like 3D modeling or 4K 60fps gaming, you would use the desktop computer with the beefy configuration, dedicated graphics card, faster processor. But with the future of connectivity being USB Type C and Thunderbolt-3 and the high bandwidth, wouldn't the future of desktop computer being a laptop that you can carry around? In place of your usual desktop computer for heavy tasks you would find at home an external GPU, a dock for Internet and more USB, external hardrives, keyboard,mouse and monitor(s) All you'll need to do is plug in all the connectors and voilà. Laptops processors have a slower clock base, but some manufacturers(Schenker, XMG, SAGER...) allow you to choose a desktop processor therefore not having to compromise the raw power of your rig. Take a laptop with a i7 quadcore CPU and add a GTX Titan as a eGPU, and it's "pretty decent" That would justify the fact of having a 2017 Macbook Pro or the new high end laptops with only USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 and not having to compromise. What do you think?

Hi there, I would most definetely desire the new Razer Blade 14. That would shut my friends up about their macbook pros whilst I stand behind the Razer Family (although to be fair that would be my second Razer device). Hazah!