Asked 6 people for gaming laptop recommendations and got 6 completely different answers, here's what I learned
So I've been trying to buy a gaming laptop for the past two months and made the mistake of asking literally everyone I know for advice. here's how that went
my tech friend on discord: get the ASUS ROG Strix, nothing else comes close trust me bro
the guy at Best Buy: the Razer Blade 16 is what all the serious gamers are buying right now (he said this while making eye contact with a $3,200 price tag)
my cousin who built a PC in 2019 and now considers himself an expert: just build a desktop dude, laptops are a waste of money (thanks man very helpful)
a YouTube comment section: MSI or you're throwing money away also subscribe
GamingLaptops three weeks ago: depends on your budget, use case, preferred display technology, CPU preference, thermal requirements, country of residence and star sign
my dad: just get a Dell
so after collecting this incredibly useful and consistent advice I decided to just ignore all of it and research by specs instead of brand names. filtered everything by TGP first, then display quality, then price.
ended up going down a rabbit hole of brands I would never heard of. XMG, Illegear, Dream Machines all direct to consumer manufacturers that basically never come up in casual conversation but have specs that embarrass the big names at the same price point.
I don't think I can share which one I went for Last time I wrote a post talking about a purchase I made the post was taken down, But it was one of the niche brands and let's say it's a Dream come true
moral of the story: next time someone asks me for a laptop recommendation I'm going to tell them to filter by TGP and ignore literally everything else including this post