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kento472b t1_j2xrlcf wrote

I’ve never understood the lack of a “Idgaf about weight or thickness, give me a 27in laptop that’s 3 inches thick and has discrete gpu and excellent cooling.” Market.

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TooMuchPretzels t1_j2xzw1o wrote

Man I have a 17” MSI and that bastard stays on my desk at home with an HDMI cord permanently attached.

It’s hotter than the surface of the sun, sounds like a poorly-maintained 737 landing at a Moroccan airport, and it’ll get you about an hour and twenty minutes of battery life if you try to do anything but look at spreadsheets on it.

I like everything about it but I wish I had gotten the 15” version.

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Pure_Mist_S t1_j2y274c wrote

It’s an aside, but why does landing at a Moroccan airport sound different?

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charles62752 t1_j305dkj wrote

I would assume because most peoples visual knowlege of Morocco comes from the movies where it's depicted as desert, sandy, and hot. Basically a North African middle east. All that adds up to clugs and chugs in an engine.

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TheUmgawa t1_j2z5f1p wrote

It's not even a laptop, at this point. We're back to the era of "portables," in that the battery life is pretty much just enough to make it from one power plug to another, or maybe get your game saved before the battery dies.

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beatenmeat t1_j2yzve6 wrote

It’s still easier to transport if you have travel frequently. I could still fit that in my bag if I was flying all over the place often enough like I used to, and it’s still excellent for playing demanding games. Can’t exactly fit my desktop in a backpack though. Now that I don’t travel I don’t need a laptop so I just use a PC, but if I ever find myself having to make trips often enough I’m damn well getting another beast of a laptop.

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UglyInThMorning t1_j31l74r wrote

Falcon Northwest does these. They’re like 4 grand but they do exist.

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