16 Aurora

If your budget is about $1500 you can probably manage a Legion 5/5i with a 5060M and 32GB of RAM with at least the 1600p 165Hz screen. That'd be my default suggestion to you and likely your best choice. Legion 5 will have better battery life with the Ryzen 7 260 or 350, but the Legion 5i will be bet

Look into workstation laptops. Look at the Dell Pro Max Plus or the Lenovo P16. Or some gaming laptops (e.g. Alienware 16 Aurora) None of these are going to be as thin-and-light as the XPS/Dell Premium or the Precision 5000 series/Dell Pro Max Premium. But if you want the number pad, that's the trad

If you have a big backpack then yeah sure. 18>16 inch imo. But do note that most backpacks only have 16 inch laptop pouches so you'll gonna have to either get a sleeve or a big backpack. Alienware laptops are kind of the in-between from budget and premium laptops. Their Aurora line is decent but I'd

if you get Dell alienware laptops -- they are pretty much indestructible (gamers bang on their keyboards pretty heavily and for long periods of time) -- and well, your employees will feel pretty cool with an Alienware laptop. https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/alienware-16-aurora-gaming-la