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Laptops are not designed for gaming nor performance. I wish some manufacturer would make a very thick, powerful laptop, as thick as those first mac laptops, wi

by jokoon 13y ago

Laptops are not designed for gaming nor performance. I wish some manufacturer would make a very thick, powerful laptop, as thick as those first mac laptops, without battery, but a good CPU and GPU, and a fan big enough to properly cool all that. If the laptop is thick it will be much easy to cool it. The current iMacs for example are quite thick, and such a machine would be transportable enough as a laptop as a 17 or 15 inch screen. You would not need a battery anyway, there are plugs everywhere, even in trains. If you plan to work on a laptop, it's for at least an hour, if you have an hour I think you will find time to find a plug easily. If you really need mobility a smartphone or tablet will be more useful than a laptop.

keyme 13y ago
You mean like this? https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JH https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JH
- coin 13y ago
  Webpage is barely viewable on an iPad. I hope their laptop is better than their website.
hrkristian 13y ago
Those exist. It was interesting seeing him name ASUS, as I own an ASUS G55VW which is a 2012 Republic of Gamers series laptop. The laptop is a quite bulky 15-incher, my friends make fun of it asking if it has hover capabilities, but for a good reason: it has a fantastic cooling system. The design is also amazing, keyboard is perfect, trackpad works great, and best of all, it lacks Nvidia Optimus. I bought it for that very reason, back in 2012 when I bought it Optimus support on Linux was horrible. It's better now, but the technology itself is kind of pointless, as Mr. Gomes explains. People have become some hung up in weight and size wrt. laptops, but we have tablets now if we want something light, in fact, I'm using only my Nexus 5 and my laptop to cover all the tasks I ever go about day-to-day and they do their respective tasks wonderfully well. Buy a hulk, buy something of quality, no-one types on the fly, anyone can transport a few kilos worth of hardware when it's so. damn. practical/versatile.
ojii 13y ago
how about https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx7 https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx7? I have a Gazelle Professional from them (previous generation shipped with proper GPUs) and it's really nice for gaming.
kalleboo 13y ago
An interesting tradeoff would be to have a tiny battery that's only enough to keep the RAM powered for a couple days, so you don't have to shutdown or hibernate whenever you unplug.
- dangrossman 13y ago
  > An interesting tradeoff would be to have a tiny battery that's only enough to keep the RAM powered for a couple days As long as you don't run the laptop's battery to zero, you don't really need anything like that. Windows 8.1 and Intel's latest CPU/GPU/chipsets/drivers are very, very good at power management so long as the manufacturer doesn't do anything stupid. Standby time on mine in sleep (not hibernate) is supposedly 250 days.
  - kalleboo 13y ago
    The context was parent's portable computer with no battery. It would be annoying having to lose all your work each time your moved around, but add a buttoncell/AAA-sized battery and you could sleep/resume the computer instantly without adding bulk or weight.

by jokoon 13y ago

keyme 13y ago

You mean like this? https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JH https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JH

coin 13y ago
Webpage is barely viewable on an iPad. I hope their laptop is better than their website.

hrkristian 13y ago

Those exist. It was interesting seeing him name ASUS, as I own an ASUS G55VW which is a 2012 Republic of Gamers series laptop. The laptop is a quite bulky 15-incher, my friends make fun of it asking if it has hover capabilities, but for a good reason: it has a fantastic cooling system. The design is also amazing, keyboard is perfect, trackpad works great, and best of all, it lacks Nvidia Optimus. I bought it for that very reason, back in 2012 when I bought it Optimus support on Linux was horrible. It's better now, but the technology itself is kind of pointless, as Mr. Gomes explains. People have become some hung up in weight and size wrt. laptops, but we have tablets now if we want something light, in fact, I'm using only my Nexus 5 and my laptop to cover all the tasks I ever go about day-to-day and they do their respective tasks wonderfully well. Buy a hulk, buy something of quality, no-one types on the fly, anyone can transport a few kilos worth of hardware when it's so. damn. practical/versatile.

ojii 13y ago

how about https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx7 https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx7? I have a Gazelle Professional from them (previous generation shipped with proper GPUs) and it's really nice for gaming.

kalleboo 13y ago

An interesting tradeoff would be to have a tiny battery that's only enough to keep the RAM powered for a couple days, so you don't have to shutdown or hibernate whenever you unplug.

dangrossman 13y ago
> An interesting tradeoff would be to have a tiny battery that's only enough to keep the RAM powered for a couple days As long as you don't run the laptop's battery to zero, you don't really need anything like that. Windows 8.1 and Intel's latest CPU/GPU/chipsets/drivers are very, very good at power management so long as the manufacturer doesn't do anything stupid. Standby time on mine in sleep (not hibernate) is supposedly 250 days.
- kalleboo 13y ago
  The context was parent's portable computer with no battery. It would be annoying having to lose all your work each time your moved around, but add a buttoncell/AAA-sized battery and you could sleep/resume the computer instantly without adding bulk or weight.