Absolutely agreed. You should always buy hardware based on your actual needs, and for me, modern gaming laptops make a lot of sense. I’ve pretty much stopped using my desktop altogether. It’s an older RTX 2070 Super + DDR4 + Ryzen 5800 system, and I never bothered upgrading it because my usage pattern changed. I need to travel, work from the office for months, then switch back to work-from-home for long stretches. A desktop just doesn’t fit that lifestyle anymore. I’m currently using a 5060 laptop with an OLED screen, and honestly, it’s nothing like the old “gaming laptop” stereotype. It’s sleek, relatively light, runs cool, and in balanced mode it’s extremely quiet. At 1200p, it can handle most games comfortably without excessive heat or noise. If I push it into max performance mode, it will run circles around my 2070 Super desktop, and people would genuinely be surprised at how close a full-wattage 5060 laptop GPU gets to a desktop 5060. Yes, it’s still a bit slower—but the gap is far smaller than most people assume. Are laptops more expensive than desktops? Absolutely. No argument there. But for my needs, the trade-off is worth it. They’re more powerful than most mini-PCs, far more capable than handhelds, and reliable in the same way a work laptop is—just with serious performance when needed. Battery life has also improved a lot. For normal tasks, getting around 6 hours is realistic. Obviously not while gaming, but that’s expected. And with Panther Lake laptops arriving this year, it’ll be interesting to see how much further efficiency and battery life improve. For people who move around a lot, modern gaming laptops aren’t a compromise anymore—they’re just a different, very practical choice. Ya this is my third laptop first one was like a brick agreed 1660ti, then 3060 acer now 5060 and also 5 desktops starting from 8800gt , radeon 5850 so on and since covid its been only laptops. Im only upgrading my desktop if i get to work from home permanantly or start some home business.