Comments on: Why gaming laptops are useless

By: WordPlop

WordPlop — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:07:30 +0000

@ Sowien – Maybe you live in a different country, but in the U.S. if you’re paying $2k for parts to build it yourself, you are either making over-the-top builds because you’re rich, or you’re getting ripped off. My $700 system has lasted four years, and with a recent $100 upgrade, can now play any new game completely maxed out. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Also, the way you spell things tells me you’re not even old enough to buy yourself a computer.

By: Sowien

Sowien — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:30:50 +0000

Sure, a gaming laptop gets hot (thats why u buy a chill-mat) duh… And sure, battery life isint the greatest (thats why u have a bck-up, car charger and plug it in when u able. Believe it or not, about the only place u wont find a outlet to plug into is underwater or in the woods LOL. Weight isint that much of an issue… Sager has some sweet builds that are under 5# though there are some heavy ones out there ie Alienwares M18x (almost deckedout) is ~12#. Seriously, the farthest you may need to carry it is from the drop-off to the plane. Geez, do some pull-ups and try lifting something heavier than your pen. And last but not least…Ive been building comps since 2000 and IMHO, if you honestly think that you can just go out and (with $700.) buy a nice gaming desk top that will be better in all respects, ur wrong. Even if u try to do a self- build $700. is barely going to cover the MB, CPU, Vid-card and MABEY a few 12cm fans. Forget about the case, hd, dvd, os, psu, mouse/kb ect. Average build cost for all the rigs Ive built is close to $2000+. A nice gaming laptop starts close to that. Sure, u can go all out and get add ons and crank it up to $6000+ real fast but hey, its not ur money, right? Not quite sure why ur so jaded aginst them but this article was just as inaccurate as it was bias. :/

By: anonim

anonim — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:45:38 +0000

I disagree …dude u want a light small laptop for gaming ??? check the sony vaio i have assassins creed brother hood on it along with battlefield 2 battlefield bad company 1/2 and batman arckam city!!! its not about the weight or look ITS ABOUT WHATS INSIDE!!!!!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:18:57 +0000

Wow! First, not all gaming laptops are that big. I do agree, they cost alot, heat faster, and I understand why you say that, but now a day’s gaming laptops are made for gaming on trips, yes, but for more where you TRAVEL! Lets say you are going on a two day trip on a train to visit a relative. There are plugins on the train. There are probably also plugins at your relatives house. You guys just aren’t smart enough to realize that!

By: mobinga

mobinga — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:04:11 +0000

I thank God for “Switchable Graphics”. Now all of ya’ll hating gaming laptops can go climb a horse.

By: Daniel S

Daniel S — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:36:54 +0000

Wow… This is such a biased article its retarded. People buy gaming laptops for the portability of having a high end gaming system which would rival a desktop with the portability of a laptop. It may be heavy but would you wanna lug your Desktop, monitor and all other accessories to a LAN party? Or would you rather toss your gaming laptop in the bag and be in the go. Its all about preference if you want a laptop that you can jump on and surf the web at any time, then by any means go out and buy your net book. But don’t diss Gaming laptops because they don’t suite your needs. I love my gaming laptop because I’m always on the go and playing games is a hobby I love. When I can pull my laptop out and my friends house and go to work at some Call of Duty and get a beautiful 50 fps. Lets see your note book do that. Don’t hate because they made a line of laptops suited for gamers when your not a gamer.

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:13:14 +0000

Although I agree with this article, I’d say that the main factor why gaming laptops are useless to ME is cost and value/bang-for-buck.

You pay more for convenience. Along with convenience comes obstacles/side effects like extra heat and added weight/size.

If you have the money to spend, go ahead and buy a gaming laptop.

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:35:02 +0000

why a gaming labtop ill tell you why because with a gaming labtop you can go house to house with an amazingly fast comp yes the battery life sucks but when do u need to use the battery i take mine from my house to my dads house in idaho on a plane and plug up there. desktops are not convient you cant get them on a plane and to hard to move and also to many peices this dude who rote this dont get a gaming labtop is a moron and does not understand what he is saying so go buy one there great for on the go

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:00:54 +0000

where do you get your statistics?
if you hadn’t noticed all the advances in laptop technologies are based on gaming because it is so popular. I agree with mason on this one, the name of this article should be why gaming laptops are useless to me.

By: WordPlop

WordPlop — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:16:56 +0000

@ mason: about 10 hours – http://www.wordplop.com/2009/09/21/acer-aspire-one-review/

I realize not everyone is going to agree with me, but I still stand by my claim that gaming laptops are useless for 99% of people.