Cool ruining the argument with name calling. You failing aside.
What is your argument exactly?
I don't have a "battery issue", in fact 3 hours is pretty average for a laptop like mine, with or without a graphics card.
3.) A laptop draining a battery in 3 hours is surely to get hot, Playing a laptop while plugged in, generates heat a lot faster.
You realize there is almost zero correlation here right? A 3 cell battery would die in about 1.5 hours. A laptop drains a battery in 1.5 hours, must be hot as hell! Playing with it plugged in drains heat a lot faster??? What? Where do you get this information.
4.) Even with a bigger battery, it will still consume to same amount of power, He just has more to use. My point was Consumption rate reflects hardware usage 'usually' in Laptops which then generates more heat. More heat than a Desktop.
Actually you CLEARLY stated the point was about battery life.
Battery life is gonna be an issue. And if it's sucking the battery in 3 hours when your NOT gaming at only 35W max with an i3, then why would anyone even consider an i7 for a laptop when it get's up to 45W which would make it less than 3 hours most likely while NOT gaming. And anyone that is a hardcore gamer isn't gonna wanna sit their laptop plugged into a charger all the time in Order to play (Makes it no better than a desktop).
The TDP link was because you're basing it solely off TDP. Just refer to the first line of the article..
The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, represents the maximum amount of power the cooling system in a computer is required to dissipate.
That is what I was pointing out mainly.
Saying newer computers have higher rates (I'm assuming you mean TDP), is also wrong in the sense that the TDP goes up or down depending, but efficiency wise has gotten WAY better.
My point in showing those 2 processors was more or less to make fun of the way you showed 2 successive core lines in an attempt to 'win' a sub-argument.
You being a complete ass aside with those other comments..
I just have to point out that you keep thinking heat equates dead computer. Why? You know the parts in a laptop are rated to be that hot right? You know they aren't going to last 7 years, but as a gamer I think you should realize hardware updates are needed more often than that, but not often enough to say no to laptops.
In the world of gaming not many things beat an i7 with an ati 5870, which is exactly what you can get for about $1500 (and while were gloating, I got $8000 entry to my university, so that's nothing to me). While this is more than most people want to spend, fact remains that it is very possible. For not even half that amount you can get an ATI 5650 with a core i3, just like I did. And guess what, both of these should last 3 years easily assuming you treat your laptop properly. Sure they could last longer, but by then you might want to consider upgrading. Is 3 years too short? Maybe it is to you but I can bet you all the money in the world that many think otherwise. We all know that desktops have better bang-for-buck, but at the cost of portability. Over the past years this difference has gotten smaller and smaller to the point where gaming on a laptop is VERY possible.
Oh and btw, laptop on couch/bed is going to get much more hot than on a desk because you're likely blocking the fans, and the material of the couch/bed will also get much hotter than a desk. If I leave my laptop on my bed while playing Crysis for 1-2 hours it might overheat, might not. But I wouldn't risk it.
@deathtoall
The price I mentioned was quoting the review I posted. As I said prices vary depending on where you buy, where you live, and what deals you can find. The review is sort of laughable as it doesn't say how the battery was tested (actually it does in another link, showing they played videos half the time, not something I'd be doing while taking notes in class..).
And lols if you're keeping a desktop for 7-10 years for gaming..what games you playing? And what is your point with the asus vs HP? An HP equivalent would cost WAY more and probably doesn't even exist lol. Where do you even get 2-3 years of use from too. I have a 7 year old laptop that runs perfectly fine. I'd say you'd probably keep it for 3 years as your main because you'd want a new one after that amount of time (maybe).
But you must know more with your evident product bias. You're the guy at bestbuy telling me to buy the macbook instead of the gateway because it's "better". Lol
Crumpets for Pres
it wouldn't be a gaming beast, but it would be able to run whatever I wanted pretty smooth.
, but now I just take my laptop and everything is hunky dory, its so much easier for lan gaming
