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Why gaming notebooks as a whole simply suck and should be avoided at all costs.

The only advantage a laptop has over a custom built PC for example is portability and convenience..but when you're looking to purchase a gaming laptop like the Asus G series for example, all of that gets thrown out of the window.

I'll list a few of the negatives about 'em..

- Heavy.
- Bulky.
- A large majority of them are at 17'' and almost none are below 15'' making it even less portable.
- Expensive.
- Underpowered.
- Sub par battery life since the higher end CPU, GPU, and native resolution eat it out making you have to carry the charger around more times than not which = less portability = less of what a notebook should be = more of an overpriced and underpowered tower replacement.
- Filled with crap-ware.
- Sub par TN panels which in turn makes shoddy viewing angles and colour reproduction.

In the end, they're a horrible buy...yes, all of them. If you want to game, build yourself a decent computer. If you want portability and half decent battery life, get a laptop that is actually a laptop - and no, I don't mean this buy going to your local BestBuy and picking out a 15'' $350 Acer low end tier either.

Also, to add on to that, no, you would not be able to play it.

Credit to r00t for the amazing editing skills.

Radeon wrote I'm looking into buying a laptop for school and as well for some gaming.

Would these specs be able to run a game like Skyrim on good quality settings?

Processor Type : Intel Core i7-3610QM

Processor Cores: 4

Processor Speed: 2.30GHz

Ram Size: 8GB

Graphics Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

*or*

I was thinking of getting a Macbook Pro i7 2.9GHZ laptop.

Which Laptop Should I get?

No matter how much you want one, these kiddies will all just say har har, no no no, you can't get a laptop for gaming it's bad. If you have the money, and want one, get one. Just know desktops are HIGHLY recommended for gaming.

burrow900 wrote

Radeon wrote I'm looking into buying a laptop for school and as well for some gaming.

Would these specs be able to run a game like Skyrim on good quality settings?

Processor Type : Intel Core i7-3610QM

Processor Cores: 4

Processor Speed: 2.30GHz

Ram Size: 8GB

Graphics Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

*or*

I was thinking of getting a Macbook Pro i7 2.9GHZ laptop.

Which Laptop Should I get?

No matter how much you want one, these kiddies will all just say har har, no no no, you can't get a laptop for gaming it's bad. If you have the money, and want one, get one. Just know desktops are HIGHLY recommended for gaming.

Did you even bother to read my post? Calling someone a kid on the internet just shows who you really are. It's probably the worst insult anyone can ever give.

Just build a pc , or get the macbook I have a macbook pro it runs good but it can't run certain games like skyrim

Aimification wrote Just build a pc , or get the macbook I have a macbook pro it runs good but it can't run certain games like skyrim

The thing with non retina MBP is that they're quite a bit overpriced for what you're getting in return. I mean, $1,700 and no SSD is just absurd.

Generation wrote

burrow900 wrote

Radeon wrote I'm looking into buying a laptop for school and as well for some gaming.

Would these specs be able to run a game like Skyrim on good quality settings?

Processor Type : Intel Core i7-3610QM

Processor Cores: 4

Processor Speed: 2.30GHz

Ram Size: 8GB

Graphics Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

*or*

I was thinking of getting a Macbook Pro i7 2.9GHZ laptop.

Which Laptop Should I get?

No matter how much you want one, these kiddies will all just say har har, no no no, you can't get a laptop for gaming it's bad. If you have the money, and want one, get one. Just know desktops are HIGHLY recommended for gaming.

Did you even bother to read my post? Calling someone a kid on the internet just shows who you really are. It's probably the worst insult anyone can ever give.

I didn't mean for it to be an insult. lol. It's just something we say from around here.

Thanks for the information guys!