Gaming Laptops are always better?!

[aldoggy]

I am trying to find a good laptop for college and while I have a fully performing gaming pc with a gtx 1070ti, I am very tempted to buy a gaming laptop. For the range I am looking ($700-$900), I am seeing gaming laptops with pretty much the same specs as consumer laptops, but with a 1050 ti thrown in. I get that they are probably a little heavier but this seems like a marginal compromise to me since I don't mind carrying a little extra weight. So is there more to it or should I get a college productivity laptop that can also play pubg?

[Happycowdance]

if you already have a gaming pc that will be at your dorm or wherever you are staying there is no point in getting a gaming laptop unless you are actually planning to game heavily at school

because of this I would recommend a productivity laptop like a thinkpad that is easy to take notes on and relatively light & cheap and using the extra money to upgrade you pc or something

[schwellmo92]

They (low-end gaming laptops) usually sacrifice basically every other component in the pursuit of more power (battery life, screen quality, keyboard quality, trackpad quality, etc). If you already have a gaming PC get a nice non-gaming laptop so at least you have a good experience using it for what you bought it for.

[Brooksie359]

1 minute ago, schwellmo92 said:

They (low-end gaming laptops) usually sacrifice basically every other component in the pursuit of more power (battery life, screen quality, keyboard quality, trackpad quality, etc). If you already have a gaming PC get a nice non-gaming laptop so at least you have a good experience using it for what you bought it for.

Couldn't agree more. Better to have 2 devices that are good at what they do. I mean a laptop with a mx150 would be fine if they want to do some very light gaming while still having ok battery life. 

[aldoggy]

Yeah I probably should be productive anyways and shouldn't have the temptation of a graphics card.

 

 https://www.amazon.com/HP-Spectre-13-x360-Laptop/dp/B07DMDCSFJ/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1542643219&sr=1-4&keywords=HP+Envy+x360+13  

 

This one seems to differentiate itself enough and provide features most other laptops cannot.

[NeuesTestament]

At that price range gaming laptops often have a straight up terrible keyboard. Not fun if you want to take a lot of notes in class

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, aldoggy said:

For the range I am looking ($700-$900), I am seeing gaming laptops with pretty much the same specs as consumer laptops, but with a 1050 ti thrown in. I get that they are probably a little heavier but this seems like a marginal compromise to me since I don't mind carrying a little extra weight.

There are compromises, mainly weight and battery life. Possibly display quality, build quality and cooling issue