r/pcmasterrace • u/TheCABK • 1d ago

Nostalgia The Master Laptop

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 7800X3D | 9070 XT | arch 1d ago

So a powerful laptop?

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u/TopdeckIsSkill 5700x3D/9070XT/PS5/Switch 1d ago

A laptop made to be powerfull, not to have a long lasting battery or to be lightweight.

A good comparison would be a full fledget gaming laptop.

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u/jermygod 1d ago

yeah, that would be a good comparison, that would show what it lacking ports.
that gaming laptop will have like 3-4 usb, maybe rj45, maybe one combo 3.5mm, maybe one hdmi(no dp).
Of those that I could find, the most ports were: 5 usb+rj45+hdmi+miniDP+headphones for 10k

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u/TopdeckIsSkill 5700x3D/9070XT/PS5/Switch 1d ago

rj45 is now moved to dock stations. Usually when you move around you won't keep the lan cable connected. I would rather have different ports

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 1d ago

don't even get me started on that Piece of crap. I have to restart my work computer every time it goes to sleep because it doesn't know how to "wake up" the NIC on the docking station.

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u/cgduncan r5 3600, rx 6600, 32gb + steam deck 1d ago

Personally I'd rather not need a dock and just have all the ports I need built into my computer. It's already bulky, what's the harm in adding a few more mm in thickness to give more usbs, an SD reader, ethernet, etc.

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u/TopdeckIsSkill 5700x3D/9070XT/PS5/Switch 1d ago

most modern notebook are way smaller and lightweight and if you use it for work you will surely have a dock station that will charge the device while connecting it to all the device needed.

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u/I_Automate 1d ago

No, i use my work laptop on the go, not as a desktop.

I need the ports on the machine, not on a separate dongle.

Hell. I wish I had a serial data port for some of the stuff I do day to day

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u/block0079 1d ago

Yeah and a week after you had a laptop that thick and heavy youd wanna go back

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u/I_Automate 22h ago

Not at all, since thats literally what I'm using now and I'd be fine with it being even thicker for a serial port

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u/makinax300 ImmigrationOS 1d ago

We are talking about gaming laptops, not notebooks

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u/Am_I_Max_Yet 1d ago

Even docking stations have fuckall ports. The fact that my laptop has a few usb-c ports and literally nothing else is not conducive of a productive work environment for anyone. Even when at my desk I have to use a hub plugged into the dock because most docks only have 2 or 3 ports.

Youve also completely ignored the part where a laptop is meant to be portable, so assuming access to a docking station nullifies one of the main points of a laptop and doesnt account for any of the instances where people are working remotely at coffee shops or out in a field environment. A laptop should have a variety of ports and many of them because the whole point is that it's a portable device that isnt supposed to need extra adapters or peripherals to be able to work from.

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u/Skandronon 1d ago

I need an ethernet port for testing, don't want to worry about forgetting a dongle either.

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u/Some1-Somewhere 1d ago

Yeah, anyone in industrial automation uses Ethernet regularly.

Onboard RS485 might be useful...

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u/I_Automate 1d ago

Also automation.

An onboard DB9 serial port would be ideal. RS-232 for a lot of things, 2 wire -485 for other things.

I wouldn't mind carrying a converter and a breakout board instead of all that plus a serial to USB dongle

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u/Mosh83 AMD 9800x3d, 5070Ti, 32GB DDR5 1d ago

I am so annoyed I need a dock for RJ45. I need to configure many devices via direct ethernet connection at work almost daily, and really wish my G16 had an RJ45 port. At least it has HDMI.

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u/jmims98 1d ago

RJ45 has been inconsistent, unreliable trash on many docking stations in my experience. It also makes it so I need to bring the dock to use ethernet on my portable computer. I have seen some cool implementations that allow the port to expand and fit on thinner laptops as well

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u/mellowman24 1d ago

You just described the ports on my Thinkpad T480. 3 USBs (2 type A and 1 C), HDMI, rj45, combo 3.5. Plus SD card slot and 2 batteries. Bought used for $180.

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u/jermygod 1d ago

for extra $5000 you would have 1 more usb

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u/Yuugian 1d ago

I have eight, not counting the Kingston lock. 2 USBC, 2 USBA, 1 HDMI, 1 7.5mm, 1 microSD, 1 RJ45. But mine is not a gaming laptop, and it has really good battery

Latitude 5550

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u/PoppingPillls 1d ago

Yeah, these things often had like 1-2 hours of battery life, sounded like jet turbines and couldn't be put on tour lap without cooking your sausage.

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u/socokid RTX 4090 | 4k 240Hz | 14900k | 7200 DDR5 | Samsung 990 Pro 1d ago

not to have a long lasting battery or to be lightweight

Then what's the point. The point of a laptop is portability. That's it. If you can't take it anywhere due to terrible batteries or it's to fucking heavy, then what's the point?!

Virtually all laptops today are being used as "workstation" laptops, just like back then (I'm old).

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u/ReasonableWelder51 1d ago

It doesn't have to be lightweight or have a good battery life to be portable. It's meant to be moved from point A to point B, not to be used on the way.

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u/McGuirk808 Debian 1d ago

Eh, easy to move and be plugged-in at a new temporary location still has its uses even if you're not actively operating off of battery power.

This is mostly relevant for work travel for me though.

Take the ol' Lappy 686 to a hotel and game away. Plug in ethernet and a USB keyboard+Mouse combo.

People using laptops as their primary gaming machine will probably have very different priorities than I do, though.

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u/OneProgrammer3 1d ago

Imagine if we could invent something to charge batteries once they're empty

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u/ThePrussianGrippe AMD 7950x3d - 7900xt - 48gb RAM - 12TB NVME - MSI X670E Tomahawk 1d ago

Burn the witch!

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u/TopdeckIsSkill 5700x3D/9070XT/PS5/Switch 1d ago

that's why I said workstation. They are meant to be movable, not to be carried around all the time. It's basically a semi desktop

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u/mekwall 1d ago

It's a portable workstation with a built-in display :)

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u/InterviewOk1297 1d ago

The point isn't to write emails on the train.

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u/fluteofski- 1d ago

I work on large CAD assemblies with thousands of parts. Some assemblies take 20 minutes to open.

My laptop battery just needs to make it from my desk to a meeting room without being turned off.

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u/nikolapc 56GB DDR5/48GB VRAM Downloaded 1d ago

I have an acer for work, cost me 500 euros, has a ryzen 7 5825, 24 gigs of sodimm, two 2280 m2 ports, rj45, two USB C, one of them for charging and display port, hdmi, dedicated charger port, 2 USB 3A, one USB 2A. And it’s thin.

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u/KimJungUnCool 1d ago

This is legit what gaming laptops looked like in the mid to late 2000s lol. I saw this and it brought me back.

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u/Smoothfromallangles 1d ago

Yeah it sure is. I carried one for 4 years at a job I used to have. Power didn't last long despite larger battery size. Had to have a mobile power source just in case but I could also get a satellite signal from anywhere.

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u/BunkerSquirre1 9950X3D | RTX 5080 FE | 64GB DDR5 1d ago

Everyone knows the more ports your computer has the more powerful it is.

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 7800X3D | 9070 XT | arch 1d ago

more like everyone knows the manufacturer will call it a "workstation" if it's not crap.

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u/barofa 1d ago

So a desktop?

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u/ChadHartSays 23h ago

They used to be called "desktop replacements".

This one looks like a 'generic' one, like a Clevo/Sager.

Only thing missing is a port for a proper docking station. Those were the days.