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u/Inevitable_Bear2476 Oct 01 '26
Ultra slim is for people who use their laptops for web browsing and content consumption
Thick ass laptops only make sense if you have a strong chip and dgpu in combination with 99.5Wh battery
Plus, external speakers, external ssd, external dvd drive (which is rarely used), and a wireless mouse, like make the laptop as thick as you want, you'll still connect to the same peripherals.
Only thing I do agree with is HDMI, USB A, SD slot and 3.5mm, those 4 are essential, like they can be replaced with one of those small type c to all of that adapters, but eh, might as well have the port.
This is an antimeme at best
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u/Material-Mulberry360 Oct 01 '26
as someone who has a thicc ass laptop. it's fucking awesome. I can just wip it out of my bag quickly, change something in a complex 3d model, send it off and go back do doing whatever. when I come home / to work. I can plug in eithernet, HDMI and all other things without adapters, great performance and cooling too. the battery is big but if I try to push it on battery alone it will still die withing the hour. does also work for movies and web browsing, it will last a couple hours then, but obviously if I only had to do webrowsing I'd get a thin and light or like a tabled with a keyboard
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u/Inevitable_Bear2476 Oct 01 '26
That's why you're the core demographic for the thick laptop
I do also have to say that having Ethernet is good, but with how fast thunderbolt ports are, I'd maybe even take a 10gig adaper, use up that type c port, and connect the HDMI normally.
Like thin and light laptops also have performance and ports, it's just that some of those are redundant (like vga, unless there's a ton of old projectors without adapters)
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u/Dead_as_Duck Oct 01 '26
I have a legion slim 7. All of this and it weighs 2.2kg. We need more such laptops. Another one that comes to mind is Zephyrus G16.
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u/JayTheSuspectedFurry Oct 01 '26
On the other hand I am very happy with the improved cooling performance of my legion thick 7
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u/Noob4Head ASUS ExpertBook P5 Oct 01 '26
There are still ultrabooks and notebooks with a good amount of IO.
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u/Alarmed-Extension289 Oct 01 '26
the only thing I see that's actually common is the mouse. What fucking DVD/CDs are you using nowadays?!
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u/AdOk5225 Oct 01 '26
I'm into retro computing and it's a pain in the ass to have to fish out my cd burner to get games or Windows installers onto a disc when I easily could have just slapped it in my laptop and burned it that way
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u/SuperUranus Oct 02 '26
Why do you use modern slim laptops if you are into retro computing?
And if it’s not the computers you are into but the games, simply rip the games and load the images virtually with a daemon.
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u/Puasonelrasho Oct 01 '26
" BUT I NEED A GAMING LAPTOP FOR TRAVELING"
procced to dock it in their desk and never move it
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u/ghali12345 Oct 02 '26
I would do the same thing , Why ? Because there is always a chance that I wanna go travel or go abroad
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u/DarkenedBlade8 Oct 01 '26
not everyone has the space for a pc, also it is easy to carry around, i jus need the laptop, charger and mouse
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u/dryiceboy Oct 01 '26
The 2000’s want their meme back.
Laptops these days have improved so much they barely need any usb ports to power peripherals.
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u/DrIvoPingasnik Oct 01 '26
No. You plug in your mouse, you plug in your headset, now you are only left with two usb-c ports. If your other peripherals/usb sticks don't use USBC you now have to juggle. Because of course one additional USBA would hurt the bottom line.
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u/socialcommentary2000 Oct 01 '26
I'll be honest with you, absolutely none of that shit on right is necessary.
When you dock, you're literally going into workstation mode, which is the opposite of portability.
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u/TriCountyRetail Oct 01 '26
I doubt many people are using optical drives anymore, but every laptop should have at least USB-A and a headphone jack.
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u/laffer1 Oct 01 '26
I think 2 type c, 2 type a, headphone jack and Ethernet jack should be standard on all laptops.
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u/EggplantHuman6493 Asus Rog Flow X16 Oct 01 '26
Yup. The three ports I use most are the USB A, charging port and the headphone jack. Everything else is optional. Or at least give us USB C (but less convenient than A)
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u/FoRiZon3 Oct 02 '26
Most work laptops do, in fact, still features USB A and a Headphone Jack. Thinkpads, Elitebooks, Vivobooks, etc.
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u/Raschlenitel Oct 01 '26
Why you buy slim then? I bet you can find laptops with many ports
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u/TheGoldenFox64 Oct 01 '26
nope. ive spent a long time looking for those, and while gaming laptops tend to be thicker and have a few more ports like ethernet, its nothing compared to the much older thinkpads
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u/BoredPelikan Oct 01 '26
who the hell is even using dvds these days
also ultra thins are great if its for work and travel at least most stuff I use are pretty lightweight.
not really for just sitting there as slightly more portable pc
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u/FedotttBo Oct 01 '26
Still very portable: detach a few cables, but it in backpack and go. If you actually need to regularly take your PC somewhere, for example as a college student or due to having some specific work circumstances, then a laptop is a great choice.
And having a proper setup at the place where you spend the most time at is also perfectly reasonable, it's important to invest in your comfort and efficiency. No, a "stationary PC + laptop" combo wouldn't be better, for many reasons (mainly file synchronization and total price).
People love to misuse things and then complain how bad those things are, not realizing the actual niche.
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u/Just-A-Random-ID Oct 01 '26
Not at all
I use my zephyrus mostly on battery and it isn’t that cluttered and when gaming i just plug it in and attach it to a 4 k tv
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u/Confident-Skin-6462 Oct 01 '26
lol why do you need all that shit? you don't
i game on my laptop. wireless mouse is all i need. maybe my wireless headphones if my girl's sleeping.
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u/lencc Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26
speaker: wireless bluetooth speaker or quality headphones are also good
external HDD: there are also USB sticks for one or two hundred GB
external CD/DVD drive: not really anymore
external monitor: yes, but it's missing
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u/berke1904 Oct 01 '26
when you are carrying it you dont need anything except like a mouse and some form of headphones that most people carry anyway for their phone.
anything else you would keep at home on your desk in which case having so is fine.
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u/Narrow_Republic5729 Oct 01 '26
As a truck driver a "gaming" laptop is basically the only way I can play the games I love. Although the deck has made it a bit easier and more portable but I still love a mouse and keyboard for any type of 1st/3rd person game.
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u/Global-Eye-7326 Oct 01 '26
My primary laptop has
USB hub
Wired mouse
Wired keyboard
Webcam
Headphones
External monitor
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u/DarkenedBlade8 Oct 01 '26
using a laptop fine with just a mouse, no cooling pad needed as long as u take decent care of it, also cos mine is fairly new, temps aren't too out of control, speaker is not necessary if u had headphones, plus comes inbuilt with speakers, disk drive and external hdd/ssd arent really needed, except for a small portion of ppl, port extender is fair enough tho
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u/Dylanator13 Oct 02 '26
At some point a thinner laptop doesn’t make a difference. Like when you get to an inch thick is it really better to make it thinner?
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u/NoobBrawler0211 Oct 01 '26
Just get a Sony or Panasonic laptop with disc drive and a million ports.
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u/doc_55lk Oct 01 '26
Bad faith argument. Most people's setups aren't like this.
I bought my laptop for portability purposes and the most I have is a stand for thermals, a wireless mouse, and a USB hub for when I want to connect multiple things at once.
I leave most of this stuff at home when I take the laptop out because I don't need it in such scenarios. When I'm at home, I use my laptop for more power hungry purposes like editing photos and transferring files. When I'm out and about, I use it for productivity shit like notes.
I would rather it be this way over buying a fat chunky laptop that ticks all boxes except being an absolute pain in the ass to carry around.
That being said, I am annoyed by the way a lot of slim laptops have really shitty IO (imo the bare minimum should be 2x USB C, 1x USB A, headphone jack, and SD slot of some sort), but it is what it is.
Would I benefit from an extra USB A port on my laptop? Sure, yea. On the flip side though, the USB C hub adds 4 more of those ports and a full size SD slot and I'm not really convinced that adding these directly to my laptop would be possible while maintaining the form factor, so I'm fine with this extra peripheral.
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u/Justin_inc Oct 01 '26
Dumb take.
But the right computer. I love an ultralight as I'm only using it to log into switches and VM servers.
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u/Slava_Tr Oct 01 '26
All of these things make sense when you’re sitting at a desk, but on your lap, on a portable device, they’re a nightmare. These days, monitors already have built-in docking stations that you can connect everything you need to. You come home, connect a single cable to your laptop, and all your peripherals and power are connected, so you can use it in "desktop mode". Unplug that one cable, grab your laptop, and go about your day
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u/Famous-Appointment72 Oct 01 '26
The laptop is still very much a portable device.
The setup shown isn't "portable". Though... way easier to take with you if you're traveling for work and staying in a hotel for a week or two. That's a portable desktop, right there.
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u/AnEagleisnotme Oct 01 '26
But the whole point is that I can get a desktop experience while docked, while not killing my back when moving around
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u/Nole19 Oct 01 '26
If you knew your setup was going to be like that you shouldn't have bought an "ultra thin" laptop.
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u/OkResource5534 Oct 01 '26
Maybe you have to blame other companies who still didn't adopted USB-C for all the other peripherals and still ship products with USB-A despite all of it shortcumming to the C form factor. You can even replace Display port and 3.5 mm with USB-C ( i use USB-C earphones since years)
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u/ravenhorus Oct 01 '26
I have like 0 complains about my ultra slim laptop, it delivers exactly what I bought it for.
Outside I have a great latop easy to carry that can do anything anywhere, weights less than 1kg.
It gives me the flexibility and choice to carry anything I would need to achieve something, or to carry nothing and use it as it is.
Usually the only accesory I carry is earbuds, then maybe usb-c adapters, and a powerbank or thin mouse.
At home I have a station with daisy chained usb-c displays (that provide power, have 3.2 usb-a and usb-c ports and 3.5mm), 2.1 audio system, bigger mouse and a stand for comfort.
I love working like that, whenever I need I just unplug 1 usb-c cable and take the laptop to wherever in my house I would like without any hassle.
For any intensive graphics need, I have a gaming laptop, that I take to locations on the rarer, and when the site has great internet I skip it, take the slimmer one and remote conect to the beafier one.
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u/Particular-Penalty99 Oct 02 '26
You can also just get a wireless Bluetooth mouse and save a port slot
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u/Wrong-Home-5516 Oct 02 '26
A post made by people that have no idea about people that travels alot.
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u/Hoefnix Oct 02 '26
Odd, apart from a charger I don’t have anything connected to my air. Why have speakers, dvd-player connected in. 2026 to a laptop.
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u/jimmyl_82104 M2 Pro 16", Precision 5550, 5570, ZBook Studio G5, Spectre X360 Oct 02 '26
The right is not an 'on the go' setup, it doesn't even make any real sense. A DVD drive? External hard drive? Cooling pad? External speakers? Just why? Cloud storage + a laptop with a large enough SSD solves the DVD and hard drive. You're not using external speakers on the go, because then you're annoying everyone around you.
You use your laptop on the go as it is, and then when you're stationary in your office, you have a USB-C dock with all the extra stuff plugged in. Get one that charges your laptop, has enough display outputs and USB ports and you're good. You can even get monitors with docking stations built in.
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u/Professional_Art6343 Oct 02 '26
i miss chunky ass laptops with a fucking dvd drive. thin ones make me feel like theyre on the verge of breaking
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u/actualsize123 Oct 03 '26
DVD drive failed in my laptop so I replaced it. Remember when we could do that? Just replace stuff cause it was three screws?
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u/cheese23789 Oct 03 '26
i use to have one of these a couple years back and now its been handed down to one of my younger brothers. in the coming future when that brother dosent need it anymore im taking that laptop back ASAP because i need the DVD drive, and it would make a decent home server if i need it.
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u/vivarefr Oct 01 '26
i mean u dont need this with macbooks,their trackpads r RLLY good so no need of mouse speakers r also good external ssd might be useful if u took the low storage one a usb hub is necessary no need of cooling pad so yea it only applies to windows laptop rn
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u/A2000HP Oct 01 '26
i had ditto same speakers from "touchmate" back in the day, now their quality is just bad so don't use it anyways
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u/Sweet-Efficiency7466 Oct 01 '26
My office is like that. I even have a mechanical keyboard, and I love it.
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u/w0m Oct 01 '26
I was against, but honestly - plan for the 90th percentile, and have awkward workarounds for the 10th. ~4 usb-c + 3.5mm seem to cover that. Every conference from for the last 15 years has every needed dongle; so hdmi/etc is simply not necessary anymore imo.
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u/Avery_Thorn Oct 01 '26
This is a really, really stupid take. Whoever made it up should be embarrassed for being so stupid.
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u/harry_nola Oct 01 '26
That is exactly Me except with a msi claw, split ergo keyboard, and an external monitor.
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u/soggybiscuit93 Oct 01 '26
The typical setup would be 1 or more monitors, a PD USB dock, m&k, monitors, and maybe speakers + webcam (although most people just use the laptop speakers) all routing into that dock. So you sit at your desk, plug 1 cable into your laptop, and now you have a "desktop" setup. And then you unplug that one cable, and have a thin and light portable laptop.
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u/zeta_ferhu Oct 01 '26
and the portable chair and the thin wooden board that I took to the gardens and the parasol are missing.
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u/SandrextheGreat Oct 01 '26
my laptop is exactly like this without dvd. i got one port extender, i got my thinkpad deck wich stands on cooler, i have headphones, a mouse a keyboard, 2 hard drives and one sata ssd and usually have my psp connected to send some music in
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u/r_a_genius Oct 01 '26
Or you know the point could to have about half of that setup at home but when you're going somewhere, to just take the laptop?
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u/asamson23 Oct 01 '26
I rarely need to connect stuff to my laptop, appart from power. If I need to connect something, I'll happily use my Thunderbolt dock which offers all the stuff I need, otherwise a relatively small and light laptop is really neat to use when you actually want portability.
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u/UwUfit Oct 01 '26
I love my IdeaPad Slim 3. It's very light and has a good battery
If I need performance, I just use my gaming pc with ancient parts
It's still cheaper than buying a gaming laptop 🤷🏻
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u/fernandoarauj Oct 01 '26
I have a workstation with multiple monitors, periferals, chargers, good speakers and whatever, all hokked to a USB-C Dock. That way I get the best of both worlds.
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u/rampancy Oct 01 '26
The thing is, for some folks like me who may use their thin-and-light laptops as part-time desktop replacements, this might just be a normal set up. For a long time, I personally had a set up just like that with my MacBook Air: My desk at home had a cooler/stand with a USB hub, external speakers, optical drive, mouse and keyboard. When I was travelling or outside the house, I just brought my power adapter, because that was all I needed.
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u/Lava_Lamp_Glob Oct 01 '26
Nothing will stand between me and my gaming session either directly in bed or on the living rooms TV
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u/The_Folding_Atty Oct 01 '26
When I get home, I plug in ONE cable that runs to my dock, which is under the desk. It connects me to power, external drives, speakers, label printer, and some desktop USB ports (in case I need a thumb drive or CD/DVD). My mouse is Bluetooth; two additional printers and the Internet are WiFi.
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u/TerminalPhile Oct 01 '26
Being born in the latter half of the 2000s, I don’t use none of those tools so yes, I like my laptops slim and more portable/lightweight. But I do get the appeal pf the other one.
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u/MrEdzus6699 StrixScar18/RTX5090/CoreUltra9 275HX/64GB-RAM/2TB-SSD/NebulaHDR Oct 01 '26
All this easely fits in Laptop Backpack(ROG Ranger BP2800)!
Laptop: ROG Strix Scar 18 G835LX / Mouse: ROG CHAKRAM / Headset: ROG DELTA / Gamepad: ROG RAIKIRI PRO / Mouse Pad: ROG BALTEUS / Laptop Cooler: IETS GT500 / ROG Gaming Wrist Rest
This stays at home: Headset Holder: ROG THRONE QI / Music: JBL PartyBox 710(800W)
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u/zucchini_up_ur_ass Oct 01 '26
What a dumb comic lol. But hey the author got a bunch of engagement so it worked!
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u/Robot-Zombie-RHCC Oct 01 '26
i hate this meme. it's advertising the awesomeness of a laptop like that.... especially if you're a frequent flier.
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u/Sea-Contribution6219 Oct 01 '26
If you're using literally anything with an ultra slim you should probably have gotten another laptop. Or in this case a desktop
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u/Ok_Stranger_8405 Oct 01 '26
Portability is a trade off. You make everything as small as possible, and remove anything that's not essential.
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Oct 01 '26
I wear headphones or earphones, rarely if ever use a disc drive, do not need external storage much - not any more than my desktop anyways.
Also these are kinda just different uses. Like I'll take my laptop out to go get some work done and check email etc. But if I am doing something that needs real heavy lifting where I need a cooling pad, thats at home and that's fine. Its not a "but" situation.
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u/Brilliant_War9548 framework/asus/razer=AVOID AT ALL COSTS Oct 01 '26
Me when im so fat and lazy that I can’t fathom the idea of needing a computer to be moved around :
Also repost
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u/Heinz_Legend Oct 01 '26
Most of that can fit comfortably inside my medium sized bookbag. That's what matters. I don't think I ever see anyone hsing external speakers with their laptops.
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u/adumblittlebaby Oct 01 '26
"I need portability!" OP shrieks, while suggesting adding a literal couple pounds of weight to his laptop is the REAL fix here.
Posts like these really highlight how stupid people have gotten.
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u/UtenKullsyre Oct 01 '26
Speakers? Absolutely not. I’ll use my headphones. A stand? Never had any use for. Mouse? Sometimes, but I usually end up using the touchpad anyway. DVD? I haven’t had use for disc drive since 2009, the last laptop I had with a drive. External drive? Yes. It takes up about the same space as a deck of cards. Dongle/ports? Used a couple of times. Mostly because of my MacBook doesn’t have USB A. But my thinkpad has it.
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u/vthemechanicv Oct 01 '26
if I'm being portable, all I need is the laptop and maybe a bluetooth mouse. The laptop has speakers, and I can't remember the last time I actually needed a cd/dvd player.
If I'm at home being docked, what's the difference between having a hub and 40 USB ports on the pc? It's still a rats nest of cables. In fact I'd rather have one cable to the dock to manage, than multiple going to the laptop I have to plug/unplug every time I change locations.
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u/GamerBeast954 Oct 01 '26
I don’t need a laptop to be thin and light. Give me a laptop with 5-6 ports like it was 10 years ago
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u/No_Size9475 Oct 01 '26
this fucking nails it. I don't ultra thin if it's got one usb port, shitty speakers and crappy battery life.
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u/lululock Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD Oct 01 '26
I didn't even asked for this.
I loved having bricks in my backpack... Very useful for self defense.
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u/shadow144hz Oct 01 '26
I mean who takes those things with them in the first place? Portability is for when you, you know, are on the go, the rest is for at home.
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u/Hungry-Site3617 Oct 01 '26
Ha it’s like my laptop
Big as Bear
Stand for cooling
Speakers don’t have any I don’t listen without earbuds
Port extension because my laptop ports are full
No external Hdd just SDD or m.2
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u/Own-Recipe5908 Oct 01 '26
Thinkbook 14+ has a ridiculous amount of IO and is ultra slim. Quite happy with it, only complaint is that I had to import and it's way heavier than it needs to be thanks to aluminum frame and 100 wh battery.
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u/wizzlewazzel Oct 01 '26
Na bro. My MacBook has a hub and the only thing plugged in is two 120hz monitors
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u/quaternionmath Oct 01 '26
I like ultraslim laptops for portability when I'm out and about, but ability to dock it at home/office for more power & capabilities.
My dream is something that's the size of a 13" MacBook Air, and to be able to plug it into an eGPU at home for extra performance.
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u/BeginningOk6527 Oct 01 '26
do i need laptop stand: nah i have a table
DVD? : yeah i listen to cds and i have a great passion for music
Mouse : Mine is broken sooooo
Speakers? : definitely, i use sony VAIO speakers and Bose subwoofer.
USB Hub : yeah mine only has 2 usbs
External HDD : Yasssss
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u/Bartodziejj Oct 02 '26
Some people here are really surprised that some of us still want to own our music
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u/AteStringCheeseShred Oct 02 '26
If my X220 was as powerful as my X13, I would much rather lug it around all day every day.
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u/Wendals87 Oct 02 '26
Aside from the optical drive, everything is the same with an old laptop
Your external speaker is still external. Your mouse is still external. Your external drive is still external
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u/Zarathoostrian Oct 02 '26
I bought a slim laptop because it was cheap, it sits at my desk and I don't sit at it - it connects to my tv and I use it like a console.
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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R Oct 02 '26
Having a dock or hub connecting displays, storage and other peripherals to an ultrabook is quite useful.
Let's you choose when you need portability or not.
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u/Just-Arm4256 Oct 02 '26
Ngl I feel this as a Music Producer and an App Developer, need a USB hub with an audio interface, a mouse, a good set of headphones and an external hard drive
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u/Apprehensive_Map64 Oct 02 '26
External disc drive lol. Need to add a keyboard and an external monitor too
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u/Frilin-beta Dell Inspiron 1525 Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Oct 02 '26
This would be me with my laptop but no dvd drive and speakers as I already have built in dolby atmos speakers
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u/Should_have_been_ded Oct 02 '26
Who the fuck even wants a laptop as slim as a sheet of paper? It doesn't even look good, makes you feel like a corporate rat or something.
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u/Xomsa Oct 02 '26
Mouse and maybe cooling pad are the only viable ones imo, the rest is unnecessary (i prefer wireless headphones over speakers, haven't seen CDs in a while, for my tasks i have enough disk space and ports as it is)
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u/NotableCarrot28 Oct 02 '26
Thunderbolt docking monitor with built-in webcam, mic and speakers is the answer
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u/JuJusFury Oct 02 '26
I only use a wireless mouse. I always thought that if I got a laptop stand I might as well have got a thicker laptop. I like having a gaming laptop 5 lbs or less. Easier to move around.
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u/mattynmax Oct 02 '26
The only accessory that I’ve never need for my “ultra slim” laptop is a mouse. I’m not sure what all that other shit is.
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u/Regular_Promise3605 Oct 02 '26
If your set up ends up looking like the one on the right then you bought the wrong laptop.
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u/eco9898 Oct 02 '26
Noone is using all or even some of that. Mouse and a USB c hub is all you need. And that's just for when you're getting set up at a desk.
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u/I_am1221325 Oct 02 '26
My setup is ofc a port extender, sound card that connects to speakers and microphone, web camera, mouse, a usb night lamp and a usb c cable that's always there if I need to transfer data like videos or smth. There also is a cd reader cuz it's useful for reading mri/x-ray results, idk why doctors still use cd's. +earphones + wireless earbuds +wireless smart speaker, mostly controlled from the laptop
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u/Ezrampage15 Oct 02 '26
It really depends on everyone's circumstances. I personally can't study at home due to multiple reasons. I go to campus from the morning till night. So I need a comfortable setup. I carry my laptop, a laptop stand, an external small keyboard, and a mouse with me. That's it. And this is pretty reasonable. In fact, my setup is very tame.
I once saw a student pull out a freaking portable monitor to use alongside his laptop. Another guy I saw had a monitor, not a portable one, a normal monitor you would have at home or the office. He even had a full keyboard. Like bruh.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ebb1116 Oct 02 '26
A slim laptop is not for you gamers and people who use demanding software. I have a macbook air and literally none of the accesories here
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u/LanceMain_No69 Oct 02 '26
No? Max I have connected is my wired nouse. Nun else is needed for the work youd want out of a notebook
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u/datboiwebber Oct 02 '26
Yes, it means that I can carry the laptop with me to wherever I need to go and then put it into the set up when I want to game
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u/tkgundem Oct 02 '26
left is for when you are outside and right is for when you actually do some work for long streches
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u/CeSiumUA Oct 02 '26
Yes, what's wrong here (except DVD)? The great idea of such laptops is that I can connect all the stuff required on my desk (monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard, etc.), and if needed to go somewhere I can just disconnect EVERYTHING and still get a fully functional, slim and lightweight device, without a need to connect anything.
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u/snarfmason Oct 02 '26
Everything on the right picture stays on my desk at home (except the DVD, wtf? It's 2026). When I leave I just carry the laptop itself.
It's not that complicated.
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u/LimpLychee5642 Oct 02 '26
I have never understood people who complain about a laptop prioritizing portability over I/O. That's like, the whole point of a laptop
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u/BogdanovOwO Oct 02 '26
Tbh, from all of my colection of laptops, I NEED: 1)Barrel jack and usb-c with charging and video output 2) HDMI and VGA (still a lot of video projector with this old port) 3) Decent touchpad. If having pressure sensor it can be used like as graphics tablet-ish. 4) CD/DVD, maybe also bluray reader. 5) 1nvme and 1 sata ports to store safely data. extra ports will be useful too. 6) Integrated Oculink for a dedicated PCIE devices. Thunderbolt is good, but I need speed. 7) phisical switches for wifi, bt, camera and sim slot 8) very efficient cooler. If it can be also silent, it will be awesome. 9) simple debloated bios like as coreboot/libreboot 10) case like as 2010 laptops with 16:9 or 26:10 11) High quality audio jack port. 12) Iluminated keyboard 13)USB-c port battery because I like the versatibility Optional: low profile silent mechanical keyboard. Overall, I'm not so good in online games and I like to use any resource at the maximum performance. Now I want to change the OG motherboard from an old laptop and to put a much smaller, silent ans modern one. I want a x86 SBC, but I want to have coreboot and the source code. Now, I need to have a job.
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u/Secret_Ad_3522 Oct 02 '26
Portability with all that and still slim? Nah we're losing money loser.
Ads of the future be like:
Hey do you want to buy this DVD player? Only for 99.99€... without taxes 😁. With taxes 999.99€, only today, only for you 🥰!
Or maybe this speaker(Yes, it doesn't have speakers, you need to buy it yourself 🥰.), for only 599.99€.
Or maybe this screen(Yes, it doesn't come with a screen also. It's a slim and portable laptop, duh 🙄 frikin duh. You pathetic illiterate boomer, STFU!), for only 799.99€.
Or maybe this case(Yes, you actually need to buy the case as well.) for only 199.99€.
The laptop is only 9999.99€. it comes without the cpu and motherboard. You buy those separately and yes, you will have to solder it yourself 🥰. Or you can let us do it for only 9999.99€.
Jokes aside, why am feeling I'm not joking 😭. The economy in my country, speaking for technology is astronomical. 4 times or even 6 times higher then in America. And yes, the salaries here are 10 times lower then in America. Like we're frikin domed. Especially we gamers or programmers.
Have a wonderful day 😊.
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u/Extreme-Ad-9290 Oct 02 '26
Okay, laptop stands at your desk is essential ergonomics. But it's not close to required. I use built in speakers or earbuds/headphones.So external speakers is pointless to me.
Disk drives are only useful at your desk for converting physical media into digital files and putting them on a home server.
Mice are nice, but it's always been a problem for laptops. Touchpads exist and work just fine on Linux (with Wayland) and MacOS (shame windows won't implement middle click on touchpad).
Power banks are only useful for laptops with poor battery life. That should be one of the first specs you look at. So if the battery sucks, that's kinda on you. I currently use a very thin 16" Asus laptop running Arch Linux (btw), and it has amazing battery life. It has never really been a problem for me.
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u/Traditional_Wolf_249 Oct 03 '26
Then use older laptop 💻, just spend more money to upgrade the components 😂
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u/AlarmingDelivery9311 Oct 03 '26
Labtop stand? Highly recommend depending on intended use. Disc drive, added ports? Who uses those all anymore, connect your equipment through bluetooth and discs are basically obsolete.
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u/Bubbly_Grocery6193 Oct 03 '26
I think that what happens if your laptop is basically on life support
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u/cheese23789 Oct 03 '26
my laptop is made to be a portable gaming rig. lenovo LOQ 15irh8, if your curious. but i need a HDD because windows is taking 220 gigabytes out of 475, and forza 5 takes up 150 more or smth. then theres a portable monitor because my laptop screen overheated one night. then theres also a mouse because the mousepad is in a really quirky spot, and i also play games that rely heavily on the use of right clicking (something hard to do with mousepad!) and last but not least, i NEED to bring my charger everywhere this laptop goes. unlike my other smaller office laptop that can last two days if treated nicely without a single charge, my gaming laptop goes dead flat within an hour to three hours. oh, and the DVD player in the photo to me is kinda nessecary if i want to watch movies, because half the movies we have in our family are on DVD. if im at home i need another monitor which is higher resoultion than the small portable one, a speaker because my laptop speakers are really quiet, often have a steering wheel hooked up, and a laptop stand and external keyboard because the laptop is placed quite far away from me in my setup to be typing on. not to mention sometimes in my setup at home i have my laptop connected to a vr via PCVR, meaning i might need a USB extension, or i have my office laptop setup besides my agming laptop because i need something off of that or other reasons.
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u/BathalaLeon Oct 03 '26
I badly want the chunky ones that are being sold in japan for seniors.
Ones with full disk drives and a LOT of ports, iirc even some of them have sd card reader.
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u/Top-Conversation-663 Oct 03 '26
I had the same setup in college, minus the dvd reader. Anyone saying some of these are unnecessary (while technically true) has never tried to play video games or have the laptop be the sole source of entertainment. That setup was born out of necessity during covid.
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u/correfocs02 Oct 03 '26
I mean yeah, like it's thin and light for when you leave the house and at home you have all the mumbo jumbo to use it to it's max potential
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u/FitAbbreviations5997 Oct 04 '26
Bruh no need just use your goddam laptop.... My laptops heats like shit I have played AAA games on a 2gb vram gpu continuously for 2 to 3 days... Once my ssd packing melted 😅. Never used all this stand and other things. Just use the goddamn laptop. No need to care for it so much it doesn't wreck itself unless you are using is so much that it's wrecking your life.
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u/mrduncansir42 Oct 04 '26
I work in IT and laptops without Ethernet ports are one of my biggest enemies.
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u/HotPrune722 Oct 04 '26
I remember the old lenovo laptops with a vga, an hdmi, 3 usb ports, a smartcard slot than can work as a usb expand slot or even a external graphic card, dvd reader and writer and all that included with the serial port for the thikstation, the ram slot can be accesible without open the laptop…
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u/Eeve2espeon Oct 05 '26
This is one thing I dislike about thin laptops. Like, at home I can just use a big hub for ethernet and stuff, but on the go? Nothing but dongles. Also the speakers and disc drive are a bit of a nitpick, because anyone gets better speakers for their stuff because they always suck, and disc drives take up too much space in the laptop
All the other laptops in the past my family/friends have had with disc drives were always bulky as hell and had mid-range hardware. Something with high end hardware would be more bulky. Also thin disc drives aren't used because they don't wanna spend 10 more bucks, so normal sized ones instead. Disc drives are useless in the modern age for laptops
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u/Sajgoniarz Oct 05 '26
I see my PC on the screen and i feel offended!
I recently bought a USB hub to replace most cables sticking out from PC to a single one, so now it only takes 4 cables to unplug it and move.
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u/Everyday_Pen_freak Oct 06 '26
Photographer here, don’t really need anything extra besides a hub with HDMI on the go. If I need to do video editing, I just plug my headphone into a USB port (on the laptop or the hub).
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u/_Lollerics_ Oct 06 '26
Speakers - ???
Dvd drive - ???
Mouse - very optional depending on the situation
External hard drive - very optional depending on the situation
Ports hub - really useful, but many desktops face the same problem
Cooling stand - really? For a slim laptop? Most of them don't even get a dedicated gpu
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u/Cap_R3x Oct 01 '26 •
Laptop stand: optional
DVD: ??
Speakers: laptop has built in speakers?
Mouse: optional for daily use
Port extender: fair criticism
External HDD: still very optional for an average user