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jmke 17th July 2007 11:56

Editorial: Gaming laptops are a complete joke
 
THERE IS A RAGING debate between me and the rest of the world over gaming laptops. Most people think they are the hottest thing since sliced bread, I think they are about as dumb as you can get. It begs the question, if all of your friends said enemas were cool, would you get one? The concept is a good one, in theory, but falls flat in reality. The promise is to have a portable machine that plays games as well as it does all the things you want a laptop for. All the machines to date fail on both accounts, with only a nod to portability.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41039

Gamer 17th July 2007 12:50

Bull.
Almost every laptop has a 7200rpm HDD if you wish.
My upgraded Dell 9400 is about the fastest laptop you can have, and it's dirt cheap, if you look around.

jmke 17th July 2007 13:21

Case €50
PSU €70
CPU E2160 €90
Mobo €100
2gb DDR2 €100
200GB HDD €70
DVDwriter €30
7900GT €70
17" TFT €200
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€780

Laptop with smaller screen and similar HW specs
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...=dhs&cs=bedhs1
€1500

double the price... and can't be upgraded as easily and as cheap as the C2D system. Sorry but double the price of the desktop version IS NOT "dirt cheap".

Rutar 17th July 2007 14:20

You can't bash the one inquirer article that is right this month.

Gamer 17th July 2007 14:34

A laptop is always more expencive than a desktopsystem.
Every component is smaller and harder to produce.
I changed my desktop for a laptop, and will not switch back.

Kougar 17th July 2007 16:02

Of course they are more expensive, but you still won't find a portable desktop that you can toss into your backpack in 3 seconds and go. You don't need bleeding edge hardware to play games on a laptop, and therefore you can get some fairly small, light, and efficient models and game on them. I played HL2 on mine ~1920x1200 when it came out and loved it. :)

jmke 17th July 2007 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer (Post 149345)
A laptop is always more expencive than a desktopsystem..

hence the "low value"

Rutar 17th July 2007 17:18

The best idea is to get a small laptop with big battery life that will last several years for portable use and a desktop for gaming. Both together won't cost more than a gaming laptop over their lifespan and you get a better portable as a bonus.

Kougar 17th July 2007 17:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke (Post 149349)
hence the "low value"

We're not buying them for value. ;-) We are buying them for portability and traveling...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rutar
The best idea is to get a small laptop with big battery life that will last several years for portable use and a desktop for gaming. Both together won't cost more than a gaming laptop over their lifespan and you get a better portable as a bonus.

Those "better portables" require integrated graphics to offer great battery life, and therefore won't play any games at all. The ultra portables also tend to cost as much and even more than all but the most premium DTR notebooks. A cheap laptop and a mid-range desktop could be had for $2k, but I'd rather have a laptop built for what I need that actually does what I want it to do. A typical laptop still doesn't get much past 3 hours battery life, which any good DTR can offer anyway.

jmke 17th July 2007 17:26

my €750 system takes 10minutes to pack, your €1500 gaming laptop about 2minutes tops. By sacrificing 8 minutes to pack I just saved €750 :) AND have a faster system AND more upgradeable AND easier to service ;)

I also was looking into swapping my desktop with a portable desktop (laptop) , but it turned out way too expensive and slower
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f...p-deluxe-7599/

you might notice most people in that thread suggest a Cube/barebone/shuttle like PC;)


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