There are issues with this 'laptop' (don't put it on your lap is one), but AMD is a viable option I think..
Not a home-built thing, but not what you'd call a laptop (portable, battery life) either..
ouch, that is definitiv not a good issue... but well my mbp late 2013" gets hot as well.
It's not getting particularly hot in general, entirely depends on the use case. When I max out the cores or run a game? Quite hot. Otherwise: Mostly fine..
It's just unwieldy, big and heavy, hence not really useful on a lap..