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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With everything trying to compete with the deck I can see why. Gaming laptops are going to have to compete with those from now on, too.

[–] cflewis@programming.dev 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. What's the point? Steam Deck exists and is a more reasonable option for gaming than laptops. Get a Chromebook or MacBook Air and a Deck and save yourself a bunch of cash.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

macbook air

saving cash

dunno about you but where i live you can get a nice gaming laptop for the price of any mac

[–] cflewis@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I guess one would have to define "nice", usually it's power:price:weight pick 2. I am assuming that weight is important, otherwise it's just a portable desktop.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

isnt the point of laptops to be a portable desktop?

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one -1 points 4 months ago

otherwise it's just a portable desktop.

That's the entire fucking point of a laptop.