MacBooks, based on experiences from friends, use it alot for casual pick up and play games, and have efficient battery life. Otherwise, running longer games, laptops in general are a waste of money.
Even as an aspiring writer, I personally find laptops (Windows Based) a complete and utter waste.
DragonfireXZ95
Because Macbooks are the only laptops with good battery life, right?
Right...?
And it's so hard to find a plug in where you're going to do some actual gaming, right? Definitely. I find myself gaming when I'm stranded alone on remote islands, hiking the Rocky mountains, and even when paragliding over the Pacific. And I can NEVER find a plug.
It depends if you are always on the move a laptop PC is the best choice usually. But for probably any other situation a desktop PC usually ends up being better because it is cheaper and with better performance and usually has more functionality with other devices than a laptop.
I dislike laptops for gaming and for that purpose alone they´re not a very good investment if you ask me.
Arach666
Me too. I have a laptop of mobile email, web browsing, social sites and MS office. I play some game son my laptop such as Plants vs Zombies but my Desktop is where i play the majority of my PC games.
Sadly I don't have my own desktop, so I have to use my laptop. It's not got good specs, but I didn't buy it for gaming so I don't really mind. I can run and play some of the older titles though, like Medieval 2.
paradigm68
That's a pretty high end game, does it run pretty well?
Nope :P Most settings have to be on low (or off). Playable framerate, but it can get pretty slow on the larger battles.
Im with TC...I love playing on my laptop...Granted im pretty much stuck with what it has without upgrade...but hey I can live a 9800gt(gtx260m desktop equivalent) pretty much the rest of the 360/ps3 gen im hoping. My desktop is currently without a gpu(artifacts)..But Im just going to keep it up on this laptop for now.
I would say the are a very poor choice for a gaming machine. They overheat by nature of their design, the parts are too proprietary to upgrade in the long term, they're expensive and failure prone. The only thing they offer is compact size and portability which I don't see as being necessary when gaming. I also think the LAN party argument is moot because personally I have an EATX 4U steel (35lbs empty) server case I lug around to LAN parties and it's not a big deal.
I'd be delighted with laptops if it weren't for the costs compared to a desktop gaming PC.
My 2007 Toshiba laptop is unfortunately too underpowered for this generation's games. The only games I have that I can play at full detail on it are Battlefield 1942/Desert Combat, Pacific Fighters, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption. Even games like Doom 3 and BF2 are too much for it. The thing cost me $900 when it was brand new.
There are two different types of computers in my eyes.
1. The big, monster rig with a huge tower with lights and fans everywhere, that has one or multiple extremely GPUs and a lot of cores at high speed on the CPU.
2. the small, sleek laptops you carry around to read e-mails, do school work on etc.
I game on my laptop all the time, because I have breaks in between classes at Uni, so I can catch up on some work or play some games if I have time to spare. Gaming laptop are actually quite cheap if you shop around as well, I got an Asus G71GX a few months ago for just $450 dollars including tax and shipping.
I don't think my friends and I would play sessions of LoL together without them. We have one friend that brings in a desktop, and that thing is a space shuttle compared to what we bring. But if it was any other game that actually required good specs, we would be playing on desktops.
I would say the are a very poor choice for a gaming machine. They overheat by nature of their design, the parts are too proprietary to upgrade in the long term, they're expensive and failure prone. The only thing they offer is compact size and portability which I don't see as being necessary when gaming. I also think the LAN party argument is moot because personally I have an EATX 4U steel (35lbs empty) server case I lug around to LAN parties and it's not a big deal.PS2_ROCKS
[QUOTE="PS2_ROCKS"]I would say the are a very poor choice for a gaming machine. They overheat by nature of their design, the parts are too proprietary to upgrade in the long term, they're expensive and failure prone. The only thing they offer is compact size and portability which I don't see as being necessary when gaming. I also think the LAN party argument is moot because personally I have an EATX 4U steel (35lbs empty) server case I lug around to LAN parties and it's not a big deal.paradigm68
Wow you need to see better laptops. All I'm saying is you pay a premium for portability and end up with a less reliable product.
laptops are great for the long bus trip or something if you have a few spare batteries but terrible for general gaming, slow hot and expensive. a budget desktop will destroy the fastest laptop and desktops really aren't that hard to move. Also laptops need to be replaced every year to play all new games decently while a desktop can last 3 years no problem. Got my desktop and laptop at the same time and my desktop can run pretty much any game on high in 1080p while my laptop struggles with many and most games can only be run in 600p often on low settings and some games just can't be made to run playable.
if you just get a laptop for lan or going to your friends place you can easily build a lanbox for much less and is just as portable. Only when you load your desktop with lots of hdds and aftermarket cooling do they get heavy and a pain to move.
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