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You may not care if it's an inch thick, but you'll care when it weights 20lbs.

It doesn't have to be 20lbs. A fully beefed up Razer Blade with GTX 2080 weights 4.7lbs vs a much less powerful Macbook Pro's 4lbs. Thickness of 0.7" vs 0.61"

That doesn't have a mechanical keyboard, which will add quite a bit of weight and thickness (which adds more weight).

The one laptop that ACTUALLY has a mechnical keyboard, the MSI GT83, weighs 13lbs not counting the 2 (!!) 330w power supplies. Shipping weight is 24 lbs.

Honestly, that machine is more a "luggable" than a laptop, in the grand tradition that includes Kaypro CP/M and Commodore SX-64 luggables with built-in CRTs.

It does have a mechanical keyboard: https://www.razer.com/gaming-laptops/razer-blade-pro

edit: screenshot for posterity https://i.imgur.com/D1Fyrtv.png

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