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got my first ever Christmas bonus this year, and as such intended to retire my 12 year old dual Xenon workstation.
Spent a few hours looking at laptops in person, and on various websites and just came out worse for wear. It's frustrating.
If you're looking for a laptop that can play games. Look for a laptop that has a high wattage charging brick. A low wattage charge would indicate that the graphics card is underclocked.
Even if 2 laptops say that they have the same graphics card, one might have worse performance because it underpowers the graphics card.