u/AardvarkTop5247

my team is drowning in prospecting work and i'm looking at b2b appointment setting services to fre͏e us up for actual selling. has anyone outsourced appointment setting services and seen positive roi? i keep hearing mixed things. Some say its great for scal͏ing, others say the quality is trash and you spend more time qualifying bad leads than if you just did it yourself.

we're a 12 person saas sales team doing about $8m arr. mostly enterprise deals. tried using Apo͏llo for lead generation but thats a diffrent problem than the actual outreach/booking side. i'm worried about:

• lead quality (are they just booking anyone with a pulse?)
• brand damage from bad cold callers reprsenting us
• cost vs just hiring more sdrs

my vp keeps pushing me to outsource it so our closers can focus on closing but idk. what's been your expereince? worth it or waste of money?

I’m looking for a high-performance gaming laptop in the US and I’m mostly interested in something that can replace my desktop.

I don’t care that much about thin/light. I care more about sustained performance, cooling, GPU wattage, and getting the best specs for the money.

Main use case is for gaming (mostly fortnite) , and some video editing

It will mostly be plugged in at a desk but moving it between rooms / places a few times a week.

Budget: ideally around $3000, maybe up to $3500 if you guys think it gives a big jump in performance.

The two laptops I’m looking at right now:

Dream Machines RT5080-16NA27

• Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
• RTX 5080 16GB, 175W
• 32GB RAM
• 2TB SSD
• 16” 2560x1600, 300Hz

Eluktronics HYDROC-16 G2

• Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
• RTX 5080 16GB
• 32GB RAM
• 2TB SSD
• 16” 2560x1600, 300Hz

The Eluktronics looks great and I know they have a solid reputation in this niche, but the Dream Machines seems really hard to ignore from a price-to-spec stand point, especially with the X3D CPU, 175W 5080, 2TB SSD, and liquid cooling box (for real lol).

Eager to get your take!