Indeed phones and tablets are the kings of "just pick it up and go wherever". However I'm much more akin to keyboard controls than I am touchscreen. Never been into the latter especially when it comes to more serious work (thus why I can never survive with just a phone unlike my other family members).
You won't regret it. Predator's their top of the line models I believe. For 2500 though it better be an absolute beast of a system. My TUF laptop was only about 1500 when I got it and it flies with anything I throw at it (then again I'm only really running Adobe apps and video games as my heaviest apps, you might have some more demanding things in mind).
Without a doubt someone's gonna be stupid enough to try this lmao.