Big RAM Laptops and VMWARE Workstation Pro
I have developed on a MBP 15" 16GB with Parallels for 4 years with hardware update a consideration. I am almost always connected to power when working, so it's the mobility of a laptop that I require rather than battery life.
Seems a linux laptop with 64GB / 128GB RAM, VMware Workstation Pro and VMs with each required OS for support / dev / testing makes most sense. Base services for dev EG DB would either be installed as a VM or a container on the base OS as access would be common to all VMs when running / testing / support.
Which laptops offer 64GB / 128GB to suit the above?
What is the warranty period, base period and extension max period? EG 1 year with option of X years.
Which linux OS should be installed on the laptop? Workstation type may be too resource hungry while server type may not function too well for stated purpose. You might want to look at a Lenovo P-series. The 15-incer has optionally a Xeon and up to 128GB of ram. Three years of on-site warranty upgradable to 4 or 5 and accident protection too... I run Arch Linux on my Thinkapd X1 with no problems.