Weather historian Christopher Burt described this as the greatest cold wave in modern U.S. history in his book, Extreme Weather. What made this outbreak worthy of its lofty status was the magnitude, areal coverage and longevity of the cold.
1 If you are in one place for say 90% of the time, and then travel with the laptop occasionally (Scenario 2), then you can consider a docking station setup at the office (see image below). In this scenario, you would have:  1366 x 768 laptop Screen Resolution to work off the 10% of the time you are not at your desk.
To combat large file sizes when scanning, first consider whether you want the file to be printed or just viewed onscreen. For onscreen viewing, set the resolution to between 72 and 150 dots per inch (the Mac's screen is natively 72dpi, so don't set it below this or you will run into quality problems).