Currently I use ThinkPad x230 with coreboot. Awesome machine for daily use, plays any (that I know of) free/open source game. Can edit video too but takes a while. I do not compile code often. I wish to upgrade to USB-C charging as I travel alot. Also I want my pc to be silent or fan less (are chrome books any good ?). Obv I want to run as little proprietary firmware as possible aswell.
As for gaming / editing, I think about getting a laptop with M$ Windows “air gabbed” and NVIDIA card. But all models seem to have major flaws with cooling or design or just cost unreasonably much ($3k).
I can stick with my current setup if nothing worth it is for sale, thanks if you can give advice !
Get a docking station and use it like a KVM with your desktop? That way you can use the same mouse/keyboard/Screen with both systems. This has gotten really easy with USB-C, although I never tried it with a desktop PC tbh.
I really don’t get why you insist on some difficult to manage Windows version, air gapped or in a VM (which is a total mess to set up with GPU support). Just use Linux and separate your work user from your gaming user. That will prevent Steam from doing hypothetical bad stuff (which is doesn’t, but that’s a different discussion) with your work user’s files.