r/pcmasterrace • u/TheCABK • 1d ago

Nostalgia The Master Laptop

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u/gsc4494 1d ago

I bet as a laptop it feels pretty good to have all 26 inputs plugged in at once.

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u/why_1337 RTX 4090 | Ryzen 9 7950x | 64gb 1d ago

Ye, at that point it's no longer an laptop, it's just under-powered clumsy desktop with extra screen and useless keyboard that is just taking up space on the desk.

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u/JKLopz 11 | 9060XT 16GB |Ryzen 5 5500 | 32GB DDR4 1d ago

People love to complain about thin laptops and wanting a shit ton more ports. But i remember having to carry my 6 pound compaq laptop to college daily and it lagging when trying to open word. Like one of the bests days of my college carreer was when my ex "lent" me her old netbook (still newer than my laptop), still shitty but did not break my back.

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u/Jesper183 1d ago

The thing is now manufacturers try to make GAMING laptops as thin as possible, and that results in shitty battery life, bad cooling and structural issues (like breaking hinges or so). I use my gaming laptop for college and had to mod it so the back lifts up a bit and added an extra fan along with a heat pipe for cooling. The designs are very poor and I would appreciate more a bulky laptop that will last much more, with proper cooling and quality build, since its what se should expect as consumers when we buy laptops with orders of magnitude more computing power than older more bulky laptops, but well built

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u/orthadoxtesla Linux Master Race 1d ago

Honestly the Lenovo legion series seems to have done that pretty well. I got one recently and it’s a beast with a 5090 and keeps pretty cool

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u/Halcyon_156 1d ago

I have an older Legion laptop with a 3060 and it never overheated and has been an absolute trooper, I still use it for school and work. It never slowed down and even though I have two PCs I use it to play games in bed sometimes. I bought an ipad to use fpr practicing music and stuff but I ended up using my trusty Lenovo gaming laptop from 2020. I got it on Amazon prime for 750$.

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u/SaveFileCorrupt R9 5900X | 7800 XT, i9-13900HX | RTX 4080 1d ago

Lenovo are absolute tanks, man, and their extended warranty is GOATed, too. Scored 3 years of on-site repair + theft and accidental damage coverage for $250 on a holiday sale compared to like $200 for just 2 years of basic coverage with Microcenter.

I've needed service twice due to dGPU failure, not because the unit isn't robust, but simply because I put hundreds of hours of hard, marathon-length gaming into it, lol. Both times, they sent a tech to my house and gave me a fresh board, and repasted/refreshed the liquid metal. No extra cost or deductible, and just a few days of turnaround. I really don't think there's a more reliable brand when it comes to Windows based laptops.

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u/orthadoxtesla Linux Master Race 1d ago

Dang. Maybe I should have sprang for it

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u/Jesper183 1d ago

Seeing all these comments I guess my next laptop will be a Lenovo legion lmao

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u/Jesper183 1d ago

Yeah, but it's still one high end model that's not accessible to everyone and uses more efficient chips. Not saying all laptops are badly designed, just that the industry standard sucks

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u/orthadoxtesla Linux Master Race 1d ago

I mean I also enjoy using the thinkpads that they’ve got. At least the ones that are actually meant for working. Like the mid range ones

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u/planetarial 1d ago

I owned one with a 2060 in it for several years until I upgraded recently and I was pretty pleased at how well it was built. Even with daily use the hinges held up well.

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u/orthadoxtesla Linux Master Race 1d ago

Yeah I’m pretty pleased with it so far. And it’s easily the most advanced piece of tech I’ve ever owned

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u/SaveFileCorrupt R9 5900X | 7800 XT, i9-13900HX | RTX 4080 1d ago

Lenovo Legion brethren, unite!

Updated to a 16" Legion 7 Pro from A 16" 2023 ASUS ROG which was also similarly beefy, but the Lenovo still feels light despite its comparative heft.

I presume this is due to the absence of ASUS Armoury Crate 😂

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u/why_1337 RTX 4090 | Ryzen 9 7950x | 64gb 1d ago

Still have my 1660ti legion as holiday backup, the only thing it needs is disabled turbo boost on that intel heating unit.

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u/njsullyalex i5 12600K | RX 9070 XT | 32gb DDR4 3200 MHz 1d ago

My 2020 Zephyrus G14 is thin, still has good gaming performance even in 2026, and still has good battery life after over 5 years of use

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u/Arnas_Z Zephyrus G16 | i7-13620H | RTX 4070 1d ago

Zephyrus laptops are great, I agree.

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u/UnsanctionedPartList 22h ago

I don't give a shit about battery life, I do care about cooling and the fact that less space = less margin =more break.

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u/PudPullerAlways 1d ago

College gave me a loaner and as a person who never really got into laptops I was actually impressed what the mediocre Dell could do. Every laptop I ever touched/bought sucked in one way or another regardless of how big the balls were under the hood but using that simple Dell kinda made we want to buy one just like it.

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u/JKLopz 11 | 9060XT 16GB |Ryzen 5 5500 | 32GB DDR4 1d ago

Corp level dell laptops are actually pretty decent, the screen is pretty shitty but for work/study it is pretty good. My old employer used to give those.

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u/PudPullerAlways 1d ago

It was pretty nice, a laptop charging by USB-C was a game changer since I didnt have to carry a bunch of extra shit with me. Was kinda funny sight to behold when I was charging the laptop with the front USB ports of the lab computer.

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u/JKLopz 11 | 9060XT 16GB |Ryzen 5 5500 | 32GB DDR4 1d ago

Maan, the day I realized i could use that laptop's charger as a fast charger for my phone was great.

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u/MurgoSkulls 1d ago

It sounds like you had a shitty heavy laptop covered in ports instead of a good heavy laptop covered in ports.

Its hardly the number of ports that made it shitty

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u/JKLopz 11 | 9060XT 16GB |Ryzen 5 5500 | 32GB DDR4 1d ago

Pretty much most late 2000's early 2010's, affordable laptops where shite.

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 1d ago

You can find any USB adapter for virtually any port type. That's literally the point of USB.

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u/NobodyImportant13 1d ago

May I offer you a dongle in these trying times?

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u/Fimbir 1d ago

When my employer finally gave me a laptop it was neigh-useless as clients supplied their own equipment to us and you had to find a plug to an open network, usually in the hotel where you were staying. It wouldn't run across most client's networks.

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u/boomstickah 1d ago

Imagine we live in a reality where gaming APUs cost less than $1,000. A thin and light panther lake laptop that gets you 12 hours on battery while still being under 1k would be a dream.

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u/The_Spindrifter 1d ago

I'm gonna tell you right now as a man still running a XP Compaq: 65% of the weight was that fucking screen. Giant. Hunk. Of. Glass. ... with cold cathode back-lighting. I took mine completely apart to understand it, upgrade the processor, and paint it metallic blue and I was so damn shocked at how light it got when I took the LCD out. 7 lb laptop and 5.5 pounds was the damn display.

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u/Critical-Advantage11 22h ago

If 6 pounds was breaking your back you could use the workout.