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actually, any half decent gaming laptops nowadays, matches the old standard for "professional laptop", usually required ports and bays, decent battery life (4-6

actually, any half decent gaming laptops nowadays, matches the old standard for "professional laptop", usually required ports and bays, decent battery life (4-6 hours for 13-14' models even with nvidia), superb displays (not that big in brightness / nits maybe - 300 at least - but 120 mhz is almost a standard). Most gaming laptops nowadays also, sport a sober look (full black gaming laptops ala Thinkpad are usual), not the previously common "RGB-everywhere". The lost upgradability in Thinkpads is even fully available in many gaming laptops, even some 14' ones have one-two RAM slots available. The performance required for a professional laptop is fully there too, fast processors, lots of ram, several internal storage devices (in 15' gaming laptop is quite common one -upgradable - SSD plus a 2.5 bay sporting a much bigger HDD, accouting for several TBs in internal storage, almost unthinkable in most current "professional" laptops, specially if you want NOT to pay U$S 2000+). And the guarantees usually span 2 years. I think my future work laptop will be one of those amazing machines.

kitsunesoba 5y ago
The lack of brightness is a problem for me personally. I had a G15 Zephyrus for a bit, and its screen was great (1440p 144hz IPS) except its brightness was low, which made it less than pleasant to use in a well-naturally-lit room even with the light being indirect. I ended up returning that laptop for other reasons (mainly, finicky GPU driver behavior and its nosiness compared to a desktop), but its screen’s brightness didn’t help matters. My X1 Nano and M1 Pro MBP are vastly better in those departments, hitting 450 and 500 nits brightness (with the larger going all the way to 1600nits for HDR content) which is usable in a much better range of environments. You’d have to be sitting in direct noon sunlight to really have a problem. I wish the minimum bar for screen brightness would increase, 200-300 nits really just doesn’t cut it with fewer of us working in artificially lit offices with almost no sunlight.
bityard 5y ago
Are there any gaming laptop manufacturers that you could recommend? My only concerns would be: 1. Paying the "gamer" tax. I assume these are going to be higher priced because they're targeting a culture big on edgy aesthetics and with plenty of disposable income. 2. Do the GPUs on these come on discrete cards that can be removed? I have no need for a gaming GPU... On my current laptop, I removed the nVidia GPU it came with and just run the laptop on the integrated Intel graphics. Zero problems with it ever.
- wtrewt654 5y ago
  (another disposable account), I see a lot of MSI and Asus gaming laptops with good specs and reasonable pricing. The Asus TUF series has some of those cheap but good laptops. Also, Gigabyte gaming laptops have good specs, pricing. Regarding the discrete GPU, I actually don't know if you can remove it from budget gaming laptops, I'd think you usually can't, but there are some expensive Alienware gaming laptops which I think could allow this. As it was mentioned, the brightness could be a pain point, I'd double check about it in notebookcheck (the site).
goodpoint 5y ago
> And the guarantees usually span 2 years. You say it as if it was a good thing. I expect at least 8 years of use from a laptop and having such a short guarantee says a lot about reliability. Gaming laptops are known for being especially focused on performance over reliability.

kitsunesoba 5y ago

The lack of brightness is a problem for me personally. I had a G15 Zephyrus for a bit, and its screen was great (1440p 144hz IPS) except its brightness was low, which made it less than pleasant to use in a well-naturally-lit room even with the light being indirect. I ended up returning that laptop for other reasons (mainly, finicky GPU driver behavior and its nosiness compared to a desktop), but its screen’s brightness didn’t help matters. My X1 Nano and M1 Pro MBP are vastly better in those departments, hitting 450 and 500 nits brightness (with the larger going all the way to 1600nits for HDR content) which is usable in a much better range of environments. You’d have to be sitting in direct noon sunlight to really have a problem. I wish the minimum bar for screen brightness would increase, 200-300 nits really just doesn’t cut it with fewer of us working in artificially lit offices with almost no sunlight.

bityard 5y ago

Are there any gaming laptop manufacturers that you could recommend? My only concerns would be: 1. Paying the "gamer" tax. I assume these are going to be higher priced because they're targeting a culture big on edgy aesthetics and with plenty of disposable income. 2. Do the GPUs on these come on discrete cards that can be removed? I have no need for a gaming GPU... On my current laptop, I removed the nVidia GPU it came with and just run the laptop on the integrated Intel graphics. Zero problems with it ever.

wtrewt654 5y ago
(another disposable account), I see a lot of MSI and Asus gaming laptops with good specs and reasonable pricing. The Asus TUF series has some of those cheap but good laptops. Also, Gigabyte gaming laptops have good specs, pricing. Regarding the discrete GPU, I actually don't know if you can remove it from budget gaming laptops, I'd think you usually can't, but there are some expensive Alienware gaming laptops which I think could allow this. As it was mentioned, the brightness could be a pain point, I'd double check about it in notebookcheck (the site).

goodpoint 5y ago

> And the guarantees usually span 2 years. You say it as if it was a good thing. I expect at least 8 years of use from a laptop and having such a short guarantee says a lot about reliability. Gaming laptops are known for being especially focused on performance over reliability.