There are plenty of good technical reviews on this product here on Amazon.  I will let you know that I absolutely love this unit.  So much faster than my 7 year old desktop.  The unit is quiet- I don't understand the noise complaints.  It is fast, but I don't game.  I run Quickbooks and do a fair bit of video capture and streaming flawlessly.  I am eager to try the Thunderbolt 3 features, but there aren't a lot of products using it TB3 yet.  In short, I just bought myself a powerful desktop that I can travel with which was my goal.  I use my phone while flying, but once I get to my destination, I have my entire system ready for what I think is a reasonable price.  You could purchase a small portable monitor if you like, but I would just HDMI into the hotel TV and roll on.  I did drop in a 2TB optical drive for storage of media files and such.  This unit works the way I work- its perfect.