• Redex@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    For students a gaming laptop makes a bunch of sense, since taking a PC with you back an forth every time you go back home can be a major hassle.

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      5 months ago

      Eh, depends I guess. Now days I would just use my Steam Deck and be happy with that.

      But back when I went to college, high powered gaming handhelds weren’t a thing.

      Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

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        5 months ago

        Well I personally need my laptop for collage as well. And it comes in handy if it has a powerful GPU if I need to do anything more intensive on it (e.g. machine learning or game dev). Steam Deck wouldn’t really be adequate there. And even if it wasn’t for my usecase (which isn’t representative of every student), most students will probably still need a laptop to bring with themselves sometimes to collage, and if they also want to game, makes sense to buy a gaming laptop instead of a gaming PC + a regular laptop.