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Do you have a HDD or SSD? Have you tried checking your drive's performance while you are having the stuttering? Maybe your HDD is being too busy and does not keep up anymore.

Laptop are usually nearly impossible to update except things like RAM or storage.

Then you will be fine with it :) in the end it all comes to your needs and expectations. This graphic card will still be an improvement regarding your previous one.

Your i7-4700HQ is a 4cores with hyperthreading (8 virtual cores), it will be good for rendering and heavy multitasking. Regarding games, the 740M is not so powerful just so you know, you will be able to play some low demanding games (minecraft for instance) well but for the more demanding games...

If you keep your SIM card, you keep your plan. If you just change your phone, then your plan won't change, just the phone. You put your SIM card in the new phone when you have it. As simple as that.

All the firmwares you can find them here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/ Use the proper method to install it (Odin etc.). Regards

In your case, the most important will be the RAM in my opinion, if you take a laptop, be sure to get at least 16 GB or RAM for your VMs, tabs for surfing, etc. It will be fine for you. If you are willing to sacrifice mobility for better performances, go for a desktop. You can get much better...

In the article they compare mobile versions of CPU to desktop versions of CPU, the mobile i7 version in the example is already performing less than a normal i3 desktop CPU. Since you are doing a lot of multi-tasking and using VMs, maybe you should look for an AMD processor instead of Intel...

You can't compare, you will never get this desktop configuration on a laptop.. Or it will cost you a looooot of money. It is difficult to estimate like this it really depends on the specs.. but a desktop will be for sure a lot faster for the same amount of money that you will spend on a laptop...

Wow this is too hot, not normal yes.. Can you open your comp? Check that the fan is working correctly (spinning and plugged to the motherboard). Could be an air flow problem with the fan or with the thermal paste on the CPU.. but you should check. Let us know.