Why are "professional" laptops so expensive?

[QRCodeKiller]

Just wondering why the "professional" category laptops are so expensive. For example, Razer Blade Stealth has an i7 8565 GPU and for the GPU it has a MX 150 4GB. From what I know MX 150 is still a lot worse than a 1050, 16GB RAM etc etc. Another one is the ASUS Zenbook, that has an i7 8565 CPU but either has MX 150 GPU or just Integrated Intel Graphics, and again 16GB RAM etc etc.

 

My question is why are these laptops so expensive when there are "gaming" alternatives that also has minimalistic styling (if looks was the problem) that have the same specs but with a better graphics card like a GTX 1650 and above while costing cheaper. Point being ASUS TUF laptops, MSI GE/GL etc. These have i7 8650 CPU as well either GTX 1650 or 1660, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.

 

Does the more "professional" laptop have some other unique features that make it worth more? Looking to buy a "professional" use laptop but this is confusing me.

[vanished]

Oh I thought this was going to be about actual professional laptops with xeons and quadros, in which case the short answer is because of those

 

What you're seeing is a different situation.  Very mediocre hardware slapped with a "pro" moniker to try and sell it as a "lifestyle" product or some such nonsense.  To play to this, it will generally be thin, which means they need to use better binned, more efficient parts and spend more on R&D to make it even work, but also they can just charge more because it's thin and you have to pay for that privilege.

 

Judging by the existence of this post, you've seen through the BS already so that's good and out of the way.  My recommendation is to just avoid machines that you notice to be a part of this category.  As you said, there's more powerful options for less, and if these aren't giving you anything you value, then there's no reason to pay more for them.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, QRCodeKiller said:

Just wondering why the "professional" category laptops are so expensive. For example, Razer Blade Stealth has an i7 8

Most are just overpriced, but the stealth has an MX150 because of how thin it is 

and I think the stealth offers like a 4k display or something right?

[berberries]

these "professional" laptops are usually just built slightly better and have just sleeker designs. likely these "professional" laptops are so expensive is because they can. they know that consumers are willing to shell out insane amounts of money for "professional" laptops so why not profit on it.

 

if you talk about true professional laptop like hp z-books, its due to its expensive xeons and quadros

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, berwynhan said:

if you talk about true professional laptop like hp z-books, its due to its expensive xeons and quadros

that and the higher standard of QC that often go through actual pro product stacks.

[Kilrah]

If it's a real "professional" laptop it'll also come with a matching level service agreement and guarantee repair or replacement within a day or 2 if it fails instead of the usual consumer warranty that can leave you without your machine for 2 months.

 

If it doesn't... it's just BS marketing. 

[QRCodeKiller]

I see. Well I guess ASUS pulling an ASUS when the ASUS RoG laptop with an i7 9750H CPU and a 1660Ti only costs $30 more than the ASUS Zenbook with an i7 8565U and a MX 150 GPU.

[Wh0_Am_1]

Materials, build quality (while most gamers will settle for plastic businesses want that aluminum, steel, or magnesium), R&D for jamming everything into those thin and lights, business warranties and support, additional security devices and features, ruggedness, and etc.

[Bananasplit_00]

i thought this was going to be about why things like elitebooks are expensive lol

[SupaKomputa]

Those you mention are not professional laptop, pro laptop usually have xeons and quadros with ecc memory support, the screen support 10bit wider color gamut and comes in retail price of close to $5000.

[Stormseeker9]

I read professional as these fuckers for some reason