If I host with my PC can I run the game with a cheap laptop?
[System Agnostic] Title.
I have a very powerful PC and recently got a TV Case to put on my table to run games with a digital map. However, I would like to use a laptop at the table for GM purposes such as moving around tokens and changing maps, so on. That way the players aren't seeing all my behind the scenes GM management and UI stuff and just see the maps and enemies and so on.
Because my PC is so good and I don't travel much outside of going to work, I REALLY don't want to invest in a powerful laptop solely just to run 4k Animated Foundry, in fact I really don't have much of a need for a laptop outside of this one purpose. So I'm wondering, if my PC is hosting does that mean it handles everything in regards to the specs needed for all the bells and whistles and even on a dinky chromebook playing as GM I could run everything perfectly? Or beyond the internet connection my computer doesn't actually do anything and thus I need a powerful laptop to run foundry at that level?
My plan is to connect my PC to the TV and open Foundry as a player then use the laptop as a GM, that is assuming again that since the PC hosts it would handle all the effort of actually running Foundry.
Thank you for your time!
Edit: I actually thought of a solution that doesn't involve a laptop, especially seeing that the laptop would still need to be able handle a decent amount of the workload and I just really can't justify the money needed to perform a fraction as well as my computer.
I'm just gonna buy a small monitor to put in front of me to use like a laptop screen. If it wasn't for the fact I live in a studio and my current monitor is actually just my TV i'd just use whatever monitor I already have lol. So I can use my computer as both a host and a client while keeping my GM stuff hidden. Thank you for the answers, it gave me a chance to think on my problem more and come up with a different solution!