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It's not going to be a straightforward choice, at least in my experience. Try both, see which works better.

However, I will say that you're not going to need a gaming laptop to get a good experience with Docker. Cheapo dual-core laptops from a decade ago are good enough for sub-30c idle temps; you might be able to fix your current situation by disabling your dGPU and trying Linux/Docker natively.

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I can definitely get 30C idle temps if I turn off the dGPU but I use it most of the time docked up to external monitors which forces the dGPU to run. At that point with my usual programs open I'm at 65-90C depending on what I'm doing within those programs. I can get this down to 50-55C stable if I disable boost on the CPU which keeps it at 3GHz no turbo but there is a noticeably performance hit.

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