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And just like Gaming PC, Gaming Laptop, and Gaming Keyboard and Mouse, they double the cost.

I don't know that gaming laptops necessary cost more than comparable high-end laptops. I had found it a way to get high-performance hardware somewhat cheaper if anything. The gaming segment is probably more price-conscious than the whales who splurge on the typical high RAM/SSD/i7 versions of laptops.

Calling it a "gaming laptop" does make it a bit harder to get the purchase approved at work though.

I just wish "gaming" laptops didn't look like left over props from Blade Runner, though. The only "normal" looking ones I've manage to find are the Razer Blade series, and they're much more expensive for it.

Why does nobody make a powerful laptop with a discrete GPU, without rainbow LEDs, bizarre chunky chassis, and shiny red/blue/green plastic stripes or pictures of skeletons all over it?

Same goes for gaming mice.

They're high quality, but generally with a silly appearance, so you can't use one in an office environment.

Most high quality gaming mice actually look very innocuous. Check out Zowie mice or the G Pro Wireless.

Ditto for gaming desktops. All I want is a really nice, subtle tower that doesn’t look like it belongs in a 13 year old’s bedroom. The Xbox Series X design looks exactly like what I’m after, just in PC form.

If you can build your own PC, there is the NZXT H1 case that looks almost exactly like the xbox series x.

There are also businesses that will build customised PCs for you where you can choose the case you want.

The p series thinkpad might fit the bill. The discrete GPUs are generally lower end quadros, but it'll be a big step up from UHD620.

I was also recently in the market for a new laptop and by far a "gaming" one ended up being the best price/quality ratio. My 900$ gaming laptop is hugely more powerful than my 3000$ mbp which can barely run a VM.

Looking at reviews of those, I get the impression that although you get the performance, you lose the size / battery life / cooling. Yes, the gaming laptop is more powerful, but you probably want a laptop to sometimes work in public. With the gaming variant you end up with extra space for heat exhaust, lose the efficiency, and your hardware sounds like jet engine once you go over 50% CPU.

For my office I bought two "gaming" monitors because they were cheaper than the equivalent "professional" monitor. The panels were exactly the same. However my accountant raised it when I put it on expenses it just because it had the word "gaming" in the title.

Isn't a panel just a (not-so-big) part of quality? I think for professional monitors (Eizo and NEC comes to my mind) there is a lots of electronics that provides consistency and wide-range adjustments.

For a developer, not sure an actual pro grade monitor is a worthwhile investment. The actual non-gaming competition here is something more like the Dell Ultrasharp line.

'Pro-grade' like something desired for people working with image/video? Not really IMO.

On the other hand both Eizo and NEC have usually good entry-level models as well. They won't have all the bells-and-whistles though that you may find elsewhere like FreeSync/G-Sync, 4K etc. resolutions or 144k refresh rates... :/

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