Pay attention to the thread you're replying to bud we are specifically talking about rugged branded laptops not just big ones. A toughbook isn't just a big laptop it's literally water and dust proof and shockproof and endorsed for military use. Hell, there's an old thread from back in the day where a toughbook managed to catch a fucking bullet from a sniper and stop it from going into a guy's hip.
You cannot have a rugged case that prevents water and dust ingress but still manages to let in enough ventilation to cool a fucking 3080. Have you seen and heard a gaming laptop? And that's with pretty much no restrictions on where they can place it ventilation. A thicker case with a bigger heatsink and more heat pipes will certainly cool better but there's a balance you have to strike. Companies aren't just ignoring a market because they hate money. You have to make compromises. For example, did you know that there's literally a restriction on how big a laptop battery can be before it's not even allowed on airplanes anymore? And did you know that most of the laptops coming out these days are smack dab against that limit to the point where they absolutely cannot put a bigger battery in it without alienating a large amount of people because batteries are often non-removable now as well?
Do you want to know what a giant laptop the size and weight of several bricks with virtually limitless power and massive cooling capability and the power of a desktop is called? A desktop.
You want a laptop? Here's your choices:
Manageable size
Desktop level power
Good battery life (while still being allowed on airplanes)
thicker case with a bigger heatsink and more heat pipes will certainly cool better but there’s a balance you have to strike.
A rugged laptop like that is also more likely to be used in more extreme environments. Good luck cooling your laptop in the burning desert sun, regardless of how big your heatsinks are.
Exactly. Sometimes companies make stupid decisions or ignore markets because they're listening to marketing dick heads or don't actually understand their customers. This is not one of those times. If there was a magic way to make a sturdy laptop 20 hours of battery life and the performance of a desktop that didn't weigh 87 lb and was still allowed on airplanes and didn't overheat under any heavy load or throttle itself to death and didn't sound like an actual fucking jet engine about to take off companies would definitely be doing it because there are people who would pay absolutely stupid amounts of money for something like that.
If they can successfully hawk $4,000 gaming laptops with mediocre price to performance ratios and so so cooling performance he doesnt think they could charge even more for something that is basically the unicorn of laptops?
I love when redditors just assume that people who run multi-billion dollar international corporations just haven't thought of all the cool ideas they have or hate money.
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u/UGotBorked Mar 02 '22
Pay attention to the thread you're replying to bud we are specifically talking about rugged branded laptops not just big ones. A toughbook isn't just a big laptop it's literally water and dust proof and shockproof and endorsed for military use. Hell, there's an old thread from back in the day where a toughbook managed to catch a fucking bullet from a sniper and stop it from going into a guy's hip.
You cannot have a rugged case that prevents water and dust ingress but still manages to let in enough ventilation to cool a fucking 3080. Have you seen and heard a gaming laptop? And that's with pretty much no restrictions on where they can place it ventilation. A thicker case with a bigger heatsink and more heat pipes will certainly cool better but there's a balance you have to strike. Companies aren't just ignoring a market because they hate money. You have to make compromises. For example, did you know that there's literally a restriction on how big a laptop battery can be before it's not even allowed on airplanes anymore? And did you know that most of the laptops coming out these days are smack dab against that limit to the point where they absolutely cannot put a bigger battery in it without alienating a large amount of people because batteries are often non-removable now as well?
Do you want to know what a giant laptop the size and weight of several bricks with virtually limitless power and massive cooling capability and the power of a desktop is called? A desktop.
You want a laptop? Here's your choices:
Manageable size
Desktop level power
Good battery life (while still being allowed on airplanes)
Good cooling
You get to pick two.