What do I look for? I'd like something powerful enough to run games, just in case I'm away from my console, but it'll mostly be used for work. Ideally I'd like it to be durable, because I'll probably have to take it on flights when Covid eventually burns out.
What's the lesser of two evils with Intel and AMD? One is run by a woman, the other talks about the future belonging to women.
I suppose I could buy used and negate that issue.
What's a good brand to get? I always had Lenovo before, except for a Surface Laptop that barely lasted a year.
Friends I've known with gaming laptops, I wouldn't even dream of doing any sort of travel with it. They are all absolutely MASSIVE and would be so much of a pain to carry around it wouldn't be close to worth it. So, I just go thin and light and put up with whatever games I can play on it.
I've got a ThinkPad X1 with some sort of Core i5 in it. I've run games like Slay the Spire, Age of Empires, etc. on it. I've tested out some 3D games and they work if not the latest and greatest games. If you jerk off to Digital Foundry videos there's no way you'd be happy with the performance, but they are totally fine to me. Don't really find myself playing those type games on the go, prefer point and click or just play old emulated stuff.
I had a Surface before the ThinkPad, it wasn't bad either. Good construction. If you want to upgrade or repair it then you're totally out of luck there. Only reason I picked the ThinkPad over the Surface 7 is I never really used it as a tablet in any way. You can get some pretty decent specs from a tiny form factor.
If I was to spend $1500 and wanted "modern" gaming and a laptop, I'd just buy a Switch and the best $1000 thin and light laptop I could find.
Funny story about the Switch. I technically have one.
It's still sitting in the packaging, because it was a gift from someone I cut off over BLM support after knowing them for years. I don't even want to know how much the shipping was, to get it from the United Femdom to me.
Anyway, yeah, what I've gathered from this thread is that gaming laptops are heavy, fragile and impractical. I guess I'll just use xCloud instead and get something light and easier to take around with me.
I think I remember you mentioning that Switch before. I don't even have a Switch and still there I was recommending. Maybe I go to Nintendo if they ever make a Switch successor, but I'm hoping to not get too mad at Microsoft in the meantime. I'm way too invested in Xbox games.
Yeah, I've had it a while. I feel like opening it would be like accepting her apology, so it just sits on a shelf near my desk as a reminder of my principles of never giving second chances.
Microsoft will probably announce a ton more awful exclusives in the next few days, so be ready for that. I've kind of realized I could never try to boycott MS on top of everything else I already avoid.