ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month ago[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux.lemmy.caimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1image[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux.lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
Price: 370$ Model: Asus ROG Strix G15 (G531GV) CPU: Intel I7 9th Gen GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB Ram: 16GB Storage: Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB (NVME)
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoWhat is “reasonably cheap”? My advice would be to buy something cheap. Then if you have extra cash, get yourself a desktop gaming PC. A laptop just has too many sacrifices. Low power, poor thermals, and high cost. Have you considered a Steam Deck?
minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoSteamdeck is expensive like 2X the price, because they’re imported and not officially available in my country
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI see. Can you get something with a relatively recent AMD APU? Like a 7840U or something? These are very similar to Steam Deck APU.
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What is “reasonably cheap”?
My advice would be to buy something cheap. Then if you have extra cash, get yourself a desktop gaming PC. A laptop just has too many sacrifices. Low power, poor thermals, and high cost.
Have you considered a Steam Deck?
Steamdeck is expensive like 2X the price, because they’re imported and not officially available in my country
I see. Can you get something with a relatively recent AMD APU? Like a 7840U or something? These are very similar to Steam Deck APU.