At this weight and price point, why do you even need a laptop.

That's an entertaining video.

I guess there is a place in this world for a foldable, somewhat portable, DESKTOP PC

It all can be summed up to "gaming". It's just a matter of putting "gaming" on anything and sell it at ridiculous prices.

... well that and putting "predator", "dragon", "black" or "X" in its name.

If you can blow that much on a laptop you can afford a "computer bearer" to lug it around for you too.

"Gaming" laptops always made me scratch my head. I understand that some people like to game and might travel a lot, but that is just overkill. You'd have to plug it in to get more than a couple hours of use, which negates the whole "mobile" aspect lol

Anyone serious about that level of gaming, but still needs to travel, should just get a mini/micro atx case and mobo for a fraction of the price.

Even the 64gb of RAM and dual GPU's is overkill for most current games (unless you do VR/4k)

I don't know about that particular laptop but certainly with mine,unless it was on mains power you were restricted to the Intel HD chipset which pretty much made it useless for games if you only had battery power. I'll never buy another gaming laptop that's for sure.

"Gaming" and "laptop" should never be used in the same sentence, IMHO!
Unless, of course, "gaming" consisted of Candy Crush and other Facebook "games"

If I had a job like truck driver or pilot and was constantly in different hotels, I could see getting a gaming notebook.
I can't see spending more than even 1/3 that much, though. At about $3k you can get a notebook that will do damn near anything, granted with a 17" screen...but who wants to carry THAT monstrosity around?

Oh, and I think calling that a "laptop" is the most ridiculous sort of optimism. Want 3rd degree burns on your legs??



The Jedi Master

Wow! That is indeed overkill. I have had gaming laptops for last 10 years and they have indeed been great travel mates, when hooked to AC power and not on battery power. I could even see 2 17 inch screens, but 3 21 inch screens is over the top excessive. Admittedly as all above have pointed out, even my 17" laptops were on the heavy side for travel, but definitely worth the weight when I was TDY for 14-45 days.

Now that I have retired, still like the gaming laptop but have now basically made it a smaller desktop with the addition of the graphics amplifier.

Thanks for sharing that tidbit from CES. I always wanted to go there but would likely leave there very delusional, after the sensory overload of new electronic toys.