I traveled for work, and would live out of a hotel room for 4-5 weeks at a time. I have a gaming laptop that doesn't fit in the bin while going through TSA. Always got comments about it. But damn, if I didn't love setting it up in my hotel room and leaving it there during my tour and being able to play some games during my evenings.

It was WELL worth it!

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I used to work a job where I was basically on call for 6 hours at a time, but didn’t need to do much unless something broke. I’d help set things up at the top of the day then tear things down at the end. But in between, I was basically just waiting for things to break. It’s safe to say that I used the fuck out of my gaming laptop and VPN at my desk. Because I obviously didn’t want to try playing games on a company computer.

I played a lot of single player and idle games at that job, because those are easy to walk away from at a moment’s notice. Just hit pause and you can give your full attention to whatever problem has popped up. Then once it’s resolved, you’re right back where you left off.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I too used mine as a backup. I don't have a working one atm, but technically my steamdeck works for most of the games I'd want to keep up with, if a bit harder to use. I can even do ffxiv, though definitely less skilled using the steamdeck. I might try with a dock and my 8bitdo controller and see how that feels (already have both, but haven't really tested it since I use that controller for switch instead).

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We have the best new scanners (I think they are CT scanners) at our airport. You don't have to take out anything anymore since their new scanners can scan it anyways, somehow. Apparently you can also take any amount of fluid with you and you just keep it in your bag, which is neat.

[–] taanegl 13 points 1 year ago

The one point against this is when you need a workstation laptop, because workstation laptops are WAY more expensive - especially the "workstation GPUs*. I know professionals who get gaming laptops all the time because it's cheaper, believe it or not. Like one of the lower tier Lenovo gaming laptops, say a $800 laptop? If you wanted a "pure workstation" laptop, that'd run you about $2300-ish. Anything with "military grade motherboard" or something like that.

Macs are excluded because Pro line is already expansive AF.

[–] ursakhiin 6 points 1 year ago

If you are a gamer and have a need for a portable computer and can only afford a single machine, gaming laptops are great. I also had one for a while that I was using for lan parties and conventions. Worked great.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Well sure, but now that spot could be in bed or a recliner. I do almost all my gaming with a steamdeck, now. Busy adult life requires this convenient bit of gaming hardware.

[–] Case@unilem.org 3 points 1 year ago

I having a gaming laptop. 13 inch Razer blase stealth.

I bought it for the GPU and its compact size.

Let's me do some hash cracking while at work, though if its some serious work I'll boot into Linux on my gaming rig and do it there, but I don't like to tie it down when I could be playing games.

As I get older and older I have less and leas free time.