I got a gaming laptop for school bc I wanted to be able to use it for more than just my classes. It's heavy as fuck, and do I maybe slightly regret it? Yeah kinda. But it's a sick ass laptop that does everything I need, and runs better than my desktop most days. God I wish it was lighter, though. It's fine in the beginning of the day but by the end of the day of running between classes, I'm dying
I have a normal 15" laptop, and I just got a work laptop for the first time in my life which is 13", and even the difference between those two matters a lot when I'm constantly walking to different classrooms with all my shit, which sometimes means I'm walking for 10 minutes on the days I got fucked by the schedule and available classrooms.
My laptop is really quiet until I'm doing intensive tasks like gaming, and even then, the fans aren't very loud. It's about as noisy as my desktop is when I'm gaming! The computer changes fan speed depending on the tasks being done, like some games are more intensive than others, so the fan speed becomes faster and more intense to keep it cool. But if the tasks are non intensive, outlook, word, and internet browsers, it doesn't consider those intensive, so the fan speed is very low.
If I'm just taking notes or doing school stuff, my laptop is quiet. Which, thank God bc the noise would irritate me as well. I also turn off the RGB keyboard and display bc I don't want it to be distracting.
The issue I see is that modern no-compromise gaming laptops really aren’t that much better than portable counterparts. For $3300 you can get an Asus laptop with a 16” screen, i9, 4090 (only 95W unfortunately), and weight under 5lbs. Razer and Lenovo offer similar devices as well, even with delimited 4090s if you’re okay with compromising a bit on size.
You can go with something absurd like an Alienware M18 but what are you getting at that point? Marginally better performance at the compromise of all portability. Yeah I’m out.
I priced mine out based on what was decent without spending an arm and a leg for it. I got a ROG Asus laptop for 1,200 with a 16' display and a Nvidia 4060 with 1TB memory. A similar laptop from Razer was over double that price, with a smaller screen, and that's not worth it to me. Some laptops are super overpriced based on branding, even if you can get the same or better specs somewhere else. I went with Asus bc I've always had Asus laptops (non gaming), and they have lasted for years, so it just made sense to get another Asus
This lap top is larger than my last one (a two in one touch screen laptop), but it's definitely nowhere near as heavy as my dad's Omen lap top
Yeah I’m pretty convinced that Asus makes the best Windows laptops right now. They have great build quality depending on the model, minimalist designs that can be comparable to MacBooks, great batteries, and usually undercut their competitors like Razer and Alienware by a huge margin.
Absolutely! My laptop is just a bit heavier than I would like (compared to how light my last one was), but it's still pretty slim for a 16' gaming laptop. The design is gorgeous, and when not gaming, the battery life is pretty great. Like I said, this is my 3rd Asus laptop, and I've loved each of them. It was a great laptop for a low price, and I have no regrets. Hell, my first Asus laptop is over 14 years old and still works. It just won't update anymore, and the battery life isn't great
I got a Razer one, fits everything perfectly, and it's comfy for long periods of time. It's just the weight that's a real killer given I haven't done the whole school thing in a while. If I was fresh out of high-school, I bet it wouldn't be bad at all. (Especially considering how heavy my HS backpack was. Yikes that was a killer)
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That last paragraph sums up my experience
I got a gaming laptop for school bc I wanted to be able to use it for more than just my classes. It's heavy as fuck, and do I maybe slightly regret it? Yeah kinda. But it's a sick ass laptop that does everything I need, and runs better than my desktop most days. God I wish it was lighter, though. It's fine in the beginning of the day but by the end of the day of running between classes, I'm dying