• Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    With everything trying to compete with the deck I can see why. Gaming laptops are going to have to compete with those from now on, too.

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      3 months ago

      Exactly. What’s the point? Steam Deck exists and is a more reasonable option for gaming than laptops. Get a Chromebook or MacBook Air and a Deck and save yourself a bunch of cash.

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        3 months ago

        macbook air

        saving cash

        dunno about you but where i live you can get a nice gaming laptop for the price of any mac

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    3 months ago

    Ryzen laptops which feature capable integrated GPUs serve light and medium gaming tasks well. For heavy use, there are desktops, which is where the real power is. Portable systems like the Steam Deck are also hitting from the mobile side as well.

    Gaming laptops have always been an extremely niche product and have gotten squeezed from all ends in recent years.

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    3 months ago

    i guess gpus are now for generating bullshit text or something instead, so oh well

    tell you what, make them modular and repairable and ill consider one

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    Gaming laptops have always been an extremely expensive but less capable desktop. Their portability is laughable, and pointless. Their battery life is non-existent, and if you can’t easilly move them, and you also have to plug them in all the time, then what does a laptop give you?

    Not to mention their bad keyboards, bad speakers, a touchpad? and compromised screen. Not only should they be left behind, they shouldn’t have existed in the first place.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve used a gaming laptop since 2016 an Acer Predator 15. I use it on the couch, always have done. It has none of the issues you describe. It’s perfect, I wouldn’t go back to a desktop.