For me the smaller footprint, lower power consumption and portability (admittedly between desks only) are the three advantages of using a laptop over a desktop for these purposes.
With the laptop you probably won't get silent operation at the peak 100-140w, i.e. you've now massively overpaid for lower performance.
The ones I've seen on aliexpress are from unknown Chinese vendors.
I was also a bit wary about Bosgame but TBH they've been great and the machine is rock solid, if a little noisier than and not as pretty as the FD. You can just buy from them directly and be fine, best computer deal out there by a mile.
I've also got a Beelink minipc, which also had some issues, and the unknown Chineese vendor did respond meaningfully to support email, and created a BIOS update in ~2 weeks after a driver update surfaced a firmware bug.
I'd recommend skipping ASUS. Lenovo may be fine.