Thread 720026883

Why would anyone buy a gaming laptop when building a PC is cheaper?

desktop is superior but uses more electricity. if you only player toaster tier games you don't need more than a laptop

>>720026883 (OP)
They imagine they'll need it to be portable for some reason.
Same story with the steam deck, they buy a "portable PC" at a huge markup then it mainly travels from the bedroom to the living room.

>>720026883 (OP)
Laptops are portable. Portability is the most important consideration to real people. Being bound to a place is enslavement.

>>720026965
I disagree, I understand the appeal of a steamdeck, that shit is ACTUALLY portable, not a hassle, and even laying in bed or on the sofa to game is still comfy
That's what handhelds are for
A laptop isn't really a handheld, you can't play it laying back in a lawn chair, you still gonna be in front of the screen on a desk or a surface

>>720026883 (OP)
how?

>>720026883 (OP)
How the fuck did this happen

>>720027228
he was playing Osu

>>720026958
>but uses more electricity
Technically true, but where do you live that that matters?

>>720027180
>>720027228
gooned + mustard gas

>>720027180
battery i'm guessing

>>720026883 (OP)
maybe you need a laptop that you can play games on

>>720027228
It's made by HP

>>720026958
laptop keyboard and screens are dogshit, its still better to play on PC

>>720027474
you can connect a monitor and keyboard to a laptop

>>720026883 (OP)
>Why would anyone buy a gaming laptop when building a PC is cheaper?
I play owlcat games on my laptop at work and have a desktop at home

for longer term traveling

>>720026883 (OP)
personally, I bought one because work makes me travel around most of the time. it's nice to game when you're on site for couple of weeks.

>>720026883 (OP)
Imagine being stuck at a desk in the corner of your room all day, facing a wall, with an immovable tower and wires everywhere. That's just so 1992, but some weirdos on /v/ still do this apparently.
Having a laptop is so liberating.

>b-but the heat
>b-but the noise
It's not 2006 any more, well built laptops run perfectly cool and silently even under heavy load.
>b-but the performance
It's good enough for 99% of things
>b-but the cost
The only legitimate complaint; but my last laptop lasted 7 years, and I'm going on 5 with my current one. Well worth the investment if you don't buy trash.

>>720027502
yes but at that point you should be using PC

>>720026883 (OP)
>when building a PC is cheaper?
Build full pc(screen, keyboard, shitvidea videocard etc) with new(!) parts for 600~ usd
Go on

>>720027610
This reminds me of the copypasta that says smoking is good for you

>>720026883 (OP)
I bought a laptop because it was cheaper

>>720027474
>and screens are dogshit
I don't know, 120hz OLEDs are starting to become the norm now. They look quite nice.

>>720026883 (OP)
gaming desktop + lightweight laptop for the knowers

>>720027676
>insisting on new parts when you can dig in the ebay bargain bin and run the newest slop for $300
You wouldn't have survived my gamer childhood.

>>720027103
Is that why all the apple faggots only ever hang out in coffee shops, glued to the seat for hours?

>>720026883 (OP)
yes

>>720027762
You should never only have an OLED screen due to burn-in. You need an external screen that defeats the point on a laptop.

>>720026883 (OP)
Portability. And it does its job and lives a long time if you aren't retarded. But I don't play the hottest releases to ever release and AAA garbage, so it works out. Extra convenient to hook it up to the TV for couch gaming and movies.
I intended to study abroad but I do think I'm going to have to up and get a full-on PC at some point. 2 years with my new laptop though so I have 5 or 8 years ahead of me unless I miraculously rake in a ton of money.

>>720027889
>burn-in
Is that even a problem in current year?

>>720026883 (OP)
Laptops use less space and are more portable.

>>720027909
>Portability
if you actually want to use it as a "gaming" laptop, your limited to a radius of 2 meters from a power outlet. otherwise it's just a shitass laptop

>>720027867
>Insisting on fresh food when you can eat from garbage bin
Thx 'ick lad but i want untouched parts

>>720027943
Absolutely.
t. PC monitor with slight burn-in from browser address bar

>>720027943
OLEDs are still made from an organic material, yes.

Its small
It's portable
It has everything in one package
Modern gaming laptops have decent hardware and don't heat up as much as people think

>>720027990
>less space
bugman

>>720027180
Vape battery explosion

>>720027993
Plug it in when you want to game, yeah. But there are a lot of smaller things and games you can do without having to be anywhere close to a power outlet for a few hours. Just don't be retarded with it and you're gucci.

>>720027993
where the fuck do you live that power outlets aren't omnipresent?

>>720027610
>That's just so 1992
Based. I'm joining the desktop gang.

>>720029473
>muh portability
>but only if tethered to a wall
Imagine if you needed to tether your phone to a wall if you want to use it for more than the bare minimum

Who the fuck is buying all the $4000+ gaming laptops

>>720031247
>>muh portability
yes. I can bring it up to my office, my villa, the bros hangout place, that one weird cousin's home on the other side of the planet. I guess you think "portability" meant bing-bing wahooing on the bus like you always do.

>>720026883 (OP)
I run music events, having a moderately powerful laptop means I can run videos etc, I wouldnt use one for gaming unless I moved country or something

I've had my Legion 5 for like 4 years now without any problems.

laptop retards don’t understand how good they could have it. you just can’t reason with them, theyve already decided to buy a laptop. idk the brain is rotted from the inside you cant fix them

>>720031487
>bing-bing wahooing on the bus
says the nigger that needs to bring a gaming device to every social event

every pc I've had dies after 3 years

my last 2 laptops lasted 10 years

>>720031487
>setting up my little gaming corner at bro's place
that shit's so hard

>>720031585
I actually bought a "gaming" laptop after spending my teens with muh l337 roxxor desktop. well part of it is because I needed to move, but nowadays a laptop's not that much different than desktops regarding performance and modularity, at least on the mid-range. sure you got the monster machine specs only desktops could reach, but nah ain't got time for that now.

>>720026883 (OP)
If you have a job where you can't get home every night then a gaming laptop is pretty neat. If you're working on an oil rig or as a truck driver or soldier or something like that.

>>720031914
skill issue

>>720031828
>jimmy only goes out of his room on social events

>>720032086
I just don't sperg out cause I can't game for a little while

>>720032165
that's some weird level of projection

>>720026883 (OP)
I have both. I take my laptop with me when I have to travel.

>>720031989
This is where I got the most use out of a laptop for leisure, my night job is very slow and I just play things on a laptop up there. Except mine isn't a gaming laptop so it can't run anything that needs 3D acceleration or more than 4GB of RAM because it was $200 from 2018.

I recently got one of those cheap chinese handhelds and it's probably actually more powerful than my laptop, handling DS and PSX games. Only problem is my laptop looks theoretically like a work device while playing that handheld makes it obvious what I'm up to. I really just wish I had a laptop capable of running most PC games on it, but I'm not spending more than a few hundred bucks on something that's only for when I'm idle at work or between shifts away from home.

>>720032212
>poorfag tears
cope

>>720032257
>>poorfag
again with the projection. I mean, I'm the one with a villa.

>amd
>catches on fire
figures

>>720031973
once again, your brain is deformed. you do not get the same performance or modularity (fucking lmao modularity in a laptop) as you do with a desktop in the mid range.

>>720026883 (OP)
some people travel a lot either for work or other reasons, laptops are a better option for them.
inb4 muh steam deck
you can do a lot more with a laptop

>>720032346
No, I'M the one with the villa.

>>720026958
you can get the same low draw parts that laptops have.
>>720027103
you're still bound cuase you need to charge that shit. actaul gaming will drain the battery like crazy.

>>720027993
>>720031247
>>720031828
It should be a bannable office to switch your argument mid thread. 9 times out of 10 it's a bot, a jeet, or some asshole trying to kill time.

>>720026958
truth nvke
i don’t play the latest AAA slop anyway since it sucks
my gaming laptop runs anything that actually matters just fine

>>720032829
So? You can just plug in anywhere you have a power outlet in range. Moving a whole gaming station is a much bigger problem.

>>720032829
>you're still bound cuase you need to charge that shit. actaul gaming will drain the battery like crazy.
Access to electricity is way easier than carrying a desktop plus monitor plus keyboard + mouse + a bunch of cables around.

I own a "gaming laptop" that I rarely use, but when I need to travel I do it for work. I don't even play games on it, but I like the 17in screen that I rarely find in normal laptops.

>>720032889
taking anything on this site seriously should invoke involuntary commitment to the nearest psych ward

>>720027228
too many hentai games

>>720032889
No one cares, nigger. Go to debate club or something.

>>720032889
what argument? your misconception of what the word "portable" meant isn't an argument.

>>720033183
The best 4chan threads are the ones where normal people are trying to seriously discuss or argue something. Then it's just a chat room but with all social limitations removed which is perfect.
That's an incredibly rare occurence nowadays though.

>>720026883 (OP)
Don't know for firstie but here in 3rd world we don't get good cheap pc parts
corpos also fuck us day and night

As technology gets better, desktop is gonna get obsolete just like line phone.
You can not fight change

they suck ass and cost a shit ton so you can look like a huge dork

Slim form factors were the worst thing to happen to portable electronics. I wish I could buy a laptop that was 2 inches thick so it would be properly cooled

>>720033350
>we don't get good cheap pc parts
This is pretty much everywhere except the US. I built my PC for double the price that it would cost in the US.

>>720026883 (OP)
>>720026958
>>720027280

ive been assigned in a seanigger country and the electricity is 4x more expensive than in US. so a gaming laptop with a AMD 8c/16t with 5070ti has a full power draw of 230w where a desktop always has a minimum of 850w just for the cpu, the electricity bill would have been upwards to 1000 USD a month if I have been using a desktop

using a "cheaper" desktop is not really cheap if you have to pay higher electricity bills every month and that all adds up. gaming laptops are cheaper on the long run.

>>720026883 (OP)
You severely underestimate how fucking retarded the average person is.

The portability and slim factor, I can just lay in bed and play Rimworld or a Total War game just fine.
>inb4 muh Deck, muh Switch
They suck when it comes to mouse intensive games.

>>720027762
>120hz OLEDs are starting to become the norm now
They're not, retard.

>>720026883 (OP)
I can take my laptop to bed to fap.

>>720034128
But they are?
Obviously not if you're look at sub $500 machines.

>>720034410
/v/ will just say "uhh you can just use your phone lol", but they'll never know the true comfiness of a laptop in bed.