Why gaming laptops?

[Fearzone]

I can't see it either, so I read through the responses here. Still not convinced. Playing games on a laptop is a second-rate gaming experience. There's less processing power, less customizability, heat is an issue, and the screen won't be as good. I say go for the full monty with a desk top. If you need portability, playing a JRPG or two on a PSP or Nintendo DS isn't going to kill you.

You are wrong.

Gaming while wearing bunny slippers being served mocha lattes by an attractive barrista while basking in the sunshine taking in the fresh air of a warm summer day is absolutely not a second-rate gaming experience.

There we go. That is the one response I was prepared to accept as a good reason for a gaming laptop. If you MUST play your pc games in a coffee shop, then go buy your gaming laptop with my blessing. For all other reasons though, I cannot see the portability advantages offering a greater net benefit over the loss of performance.

I usually read in coffee shops, or surf the net with my iPhone, but hey to each their own. Just don't unplug my lamp to plug in your laptop.

If you have money to burn, and already have a good desktop, and want a gaming laptop just for travel, I can see that too.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Maybe these people are in college and don't want to have to lug an entire desktop + monitor out of storage every year.
<---- Is a college sophomore and wants desperately to own a gaming laptop, but has nowhere near the funds.

that makes sense. and here, take this:

consider it a donation.

OT: probably so you can do that, or so you can play with friends at their house.
also shit might get boring during a power cut so you could play a quick game of whatever to while away time.

 

[ween2k]

i travel from the uk to various locations in Scandinavia 2 to 3 times a month for 1 to 3 weeks at a time, i dont fancy transporting my desktop every time im on the move. if it wasnt for my gaming laptop i would barely game at all

 

[WanderingFool]

some people just don't want to have to deal with 2 machines simple. Or they're like me and my family which like to game with each other during family get togethers and don't want to lug around monitors and a tower everytime.

That was my reason for buying my ASUS laptop. I could have baught a cheaper laptop, but as the money was not my "own" (long story short, mother anf father controlled my purse strings), there was no way I could convice them to buy a desktop for gaming. Needing a laptop for school, and not being able to swing for a gaming desktop, a gaming laptop was my answer. A gaming laptop is not perfect, but it is a reasonable option if you dont want to fuck with two computers.

Though, I dont play too many PC games, all the ones I own are Oblivion, FO3, COD:BO, Homefront, and Brink, as well as a few F2P MMOs ive tried.

 

[jesskit]

Another reason I think a gaming laptop is great is because I love RPG's. While yes I do play mmos wih persistent characters and worlds many single player rpg's dont have this. Case in point, until I got my new laptop I wouldnt buy DA:O because my old one wouldnt play it and I didnt want to have multiple characters on the go (well i do have that but I can play them whenever, not this is my laptop one this is my desktop one). Say Im at uni, i can get a few quests in. Im at a friends place few quests in. Say i want to watch tv while im playing, guess what, i can take my laptop to my couch and play.

 

[AlphaEcho]

My lap top was 100 dollars and I can play pretty much anything on maxed graphics. So... yeah.

 

[MysticToast]

too many Macbook-wielding hipsters.

Wouldn't that be the perfect reason to whip out a gaming laptop?

 

[reckoner09]

I travel a lot. I'm away more often than I'm at home. I need a good laptop for work and I love to play games so spending the extra $$ for a gaming laptop was an easy choice!

 

[Private Custard]

I can see why people would want a gaming laptop. But for me, no.

I'll just keep my massive fucking HAF X in my room, just like I used to with my consoles (although when I threw small objects at my consoles, they never went into orbit around them!).

Then, for my next trick, I'll do something amazing..........I'll survive for a couple of hours on a journey without needing to game!

 

[Azaez]

I bought a gaming laptop because I joined the Navy, in doing so its little and can be stored in my bunk. Also its powerful to play all games, I play Crysis 2 on all the highest settings. I never have a problem with heat, and always have a outlet for power. Besides dont all computers in consoles need power? I can play a good 3 hours of a game before I even have to worry about power, yet a desktop sits in a corner and goes now where.

 

[Blazingdragoon04]

But those laptops suck for gaming. My HP that I bought a year or two ago can't play any games made in the last five years (except DA:O for some reason).

I am begging to question if you actually are reading my posts. A (reasonable) ultraportable is anywhere between $200 and $400 and is only meant to work-related tasks. You can then build a good gaming desktop for around $700 which is meant for games. You would have a gaming computer with none of the laptops drawbacks, and you would have a laptop. If you tell me you don't have the money for that, then you don't have the money for a gaming laptop.

It's pretty easy to see that the numbers that you are getting, 700 dollars for a gaming desktop, is based ENTIRELY around building the computer yourself, though you never once mention it. Great gaming laptops that come pre-built with everything included do not cost 700 dollars. They cost 1000-1100 dollars, and that is not even including the operating system.

You're 700 dollar price implies quite a few things; that people would WANT to put the computer together themselves, that people DON'T have to spend the 150 on a new OS, and that people DO know where to find reliable cheap parts AND be able to compare things like video cards, ram, and all the other technical know how that goes into making a computer.

Me, I prefer to put a little extra scratch down and get a nice all in one gaming/work laptop that I can bring anywhere and, with great care, will last me as long as my last computer, 6 years.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

When I bought a gaming laptop, I was in the Army and it was simply more convenient to carry around a laptop than a desktop for the purpose

 

[Zakarath]

Well, I've been using my school laptop for gaming, and it's video is good enough to handle most of what I throw at it (Mobility FireGL V5700), although it has been running into a little trouble with overheating this summer (And it is getting a little dated)... But I'm now getting a gaming desktop (Hurry up, Newegg :/), too so it works out.

 

[Twilight_guy]

They like the mobility. Its not an issues of practicality its an issue of wanting to move it.
Don't question the illogical nature of it, just roll with it. (It's like asking why people don't like minor dents in their cars).

 

[ResonanceSD]

I always found that getting a regular laptop and a gaming desktop to be too expensive compared to just getting a gaming laptop.

I'm also pretty picky when it comes to speed so a regular laptop isn't going to cut it for me even when I'm just doing word processing etc for school/uni. I want something high quality. Also, for me, a gaming laptop isn't a laptop that can play games at full graphics, just a laptop that can play any game out there at the time at around medium settings.

Also, being in Australia, I find the prices are lot worse than other countries so that may be why buying a regular laptop (which to me isn't fast enough anyway) and a gaming desktop is just as expensive than buying a powerful laptop that can act as both. I just don't have the money to buy a gaming desktop on top of getting a laptop that is powerful enough to suit my wants.

Work laptops are usually too low quality for me and they slow down way to fast for my liking even when doing basic tasks. It just gets annoying.

I built my own PC, in Sydney. It's top of the line and not as expensive as you might think.

Also, a "gaming" anything, is "something that was designed to play games almost exclusively" not "can run games".

That's why you don't see Dell selling XPS GAMING laptops.

 

[Jake Lewis Clayton]

But those laptops suck for gaming. My HP that I bought a year or two ago can't play any games made in the last five years (except DA:O for some reason).

I am begging to question if you actually are reading my posts. A (reasonable) ultraportable is anywhere between $200 and $400 and is only meant to work-related tasks. You can then build a good gaming desktop for around $700 which is meant for games. You would have a gaming computer with none of the laptops drawbacks, and you would have a laptop. If you tell me you don't have the money for that, then you don't have the money for a gaming laptop.

Your missing the points of most of the people, who are replying, but seem to be insistant on answering this one guy so i'll quote you and hopefully get your attention.


I bourght quite an expensive laptop about a year and 11 months ago, still plays 99% of games and i can go out of town (to girlfriends who lives about 20 miles away) and still play games.

Thats the point, games on the move.

I can't play games on a rubbish laptop, and i can't play games on a desktop which would be 20 miles away.

 

[AdumbroDeus]

Because the vast majority of my single-player gaming and a fair part of my multiplayer gaming happens away from home. Home is where I sleep, little else.


A powerful desktop would do me diddly squat.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I used to have this same mentality but I considered it worth the cost just because there are many times during the day(like during down time at work) where I like being able to play a game. I don't want to lug my desktop around with me so this works fine.

 

[zehydra]

I have a gaming laptop that's 2 years old.

I still get max fps on all my games and the thing runs like a charm. It used to overheat, but I fixed that. Just dust on the filter.

Even though it's got lousy battery life, Being plugged into the wall is a decent tradeoff for being able to take it places without needing to load into the back of a car.