Razer Unveils the New Razer Blade 18 Gaming Laptop

[Wye]

4k on a 18 inch display is stupid.
A 4090 capped at 175W is stupid.
"gaming" laptops are stupid.

Why pay more than a desktop PC price for some abysmal performance, when you can't really go mobile with it: your battery will go dead in minutes on a system that draws 400+W. Not to mention that dissipating that amount of heat is impossible on that form factor, so the whole system will drop its frequencies to a crawl very fast.

I never understood the "gaming laptop" market. Are they just clueless customers that have been fed some unrealistic dreams/lies by marketing?

 

[MentalAcetylide]

4k on a 18 inch display is stupid.
A 4090 capped at 175W is stupid.
"gaming" laptops are stupid.

Why pay more than a desktop PC price for some abysmal performance, when you can't really go mobile with it: your battery will go dead in minutes on a system that draws 400+W. Not to mention that dissipating that amount of heat is impossible on that form factor, so the whole system will drop its frequencies to a crawl very fast.

I never understood the "gaming laptop" market. Are they just clueless customers that have been fed some unrealistic dreams/lies by marketing?

I wouldn't go that far, but I do agree in principle that unless you absolutely need the mobility and are constantly away from home, buying a laptop like that instead of a desktop is stupid. I wouldn't even think of a 4090m laptop as a "gaming laptop". Something like that is better suited for iray rendering/workstation tasks. For the mobile 4090, its paying a hefty price tag for a castrated 4090 that only gives 4 Gb extra VRAM over the 4080m's 12 Gb.

 

[Prima.Vera]

I would love an 17" 1080p with rtx 4060 laptop, ultra light. And numeric pad. This is the biggest no-no buy ever.