Quote from: jdrch on January 20, 2026, 22:07:11I think the translation here is slightly wrong. It's not that they aren't equipped with the fastest components, but that those components are frequently derated for thermal envelope/cooling and noise reasons. Most of these machines are used in offices in which fan noise would be very unwelcome. Comparing workstation to gaming laptop performance and noise is nonsensical.
Highly disagree , do you think that gaming laptop can't be quite ?as if their fan can only speed at max 100% ? You can set the fan curve in app that would be not that much loud but still provide reasonable performance , and you can also install studio drivers too , they exist of exact reason , also you can undervolt ( except some acer ) that would help stability , A2000 level performance for 2800$ is straight up worst value for money i have seen , the fact that you can get 4050 laptop for 800$ with 115W and almost little less performance tells how stupid and absurd that price is , once you find a reasonable stable driver like 565 ,you don't need to upgrade either .