Aluminium chassis laptop:
>heavier than plastic
>soft, prone to very visible scratches that ruin finish
>cold on skin, uncomfortable to keep on bare skin
>heats more easily than plastic
>expensive
Honestly, why even bother? Carbon fibre or glass fibre reinforced plastic seems like superior option all around.
also, only one colour. Anodized, or painted aluminium is pretty much non existed.
metal>plastic, stay mad Lenovo fetishist
why would I get mad at you for using superior tehc?
I prefer the cold feel of metal and the sound it makes on the table and my skin.
Mactoddlers are too poor to afford carbon fiber over magnesium alloy endoskeleton.
t. posted from my XPS13
>heavier than plastic
True but the plastic isn't that much lighter when you consider you have to have an interior skeleton made of a metal to give the notebook some desired rigidity.
>soft, prone to very visible scratches that ruin finish
The same scratches ruin the plastic and aluminum is still harder than plastic.
>heats more easily than plastic
Better thermal conductivity means that the CPU and GPU have more mass to dump their waste heat which means the fan can run less or at slower RPMs resulting in a quieter notebook computer.
>expensive
Any notebook that's any good is going to cost a lot of money. Back in the early 2000s when IBM still owned the ThinkPad line, they were noticeably more expensive than the trash that Dell and HP were spewing.
One final thing for using aluminum: it's economically (practical) recyclable.
>ignoring the fact that it either freezes or burns your laps
Aluminum on a laptop is retarded.
>More rigid than plastic
>Feels better than plastic
>Looks better than plastic
>Isn't as fragile or as prone to visible scratches than plastic
OP is a poor seething pajeet.
my laptop is made of magnesium and feels kind of nice i guess?
t. street shitting ijeet
*slips from your lap*
>True but the plastic isn't that much lighter when you consider you have to have an interior skeleton made of a metal to give the notebook some desired rigidity.
What? Magnesium is lightest metal suited for making cages, and due to fact that cage needs to have much smaller area to be effective. Loss in weight is decent at least.
>The same scratches ruin the plastic and aluminum is still harder than plastic.
Aluminium has bead blasted finish. Scratches are shiny, easy to spot on surface.
Scratches on plastic are mat, on some surfaces like carbon fibre reinforced plastic you can see them only on very specific angle.
>Better thermal conductivity means that the CPU and GPU have more mass to dump their waste heat which means the fan can run less or at slower RPMs resulting in a quieter notebook computer.
No, this is retarded. Worse conductivity means that heat will flow with airflow (where is supposed to), not on your laps. I prefer not to blood cool my CPU.
Latest XPS13 uses goretex isolate heat from your laps, despite aluminium chassis. That could be avoided with just better material.
>Any notebook that's any good is going to cost a lot of money. Back in the early 2000s when IBM still owned the ThinkPad line, they were noticeably more expensive than the trash that Dell and HP were spewing.
>One final thing for using aluminum: it's economically (practical) recyclable.
Only valid points. But from user point of view, carbon fibre reinforced plastic is jut superior.
any mid range gaming laptops made of aluminum out there?
the entire laptop is a heatsink, which is a good thing user. the unit is better for the environment, and if you invest properly you will get one that may potentially be lighter and certainly wont scratch.
pure aluminum is soft, and the only point you make that I cant counter is the price, but thats on you, the consumer. you get what you're willing to pay for.
>the entire laptop is a heatsink
Enjoy using your laps as radiator.
>if you invest properly you will get one that may potentially be lighter and certainly wont scratch
1. If you take out laptop outside of your room it is going to catch scratch sooner or latter. And on shiny aluminium it will be easy to spot as it reflect light.
On mat plastic scratches are invisible.
2. Aluminium is TWICE as heavy as carbon fiber reinforced plastic
This and sweat causes it to slowly rot.
true
Plastic laptops are for poors. Anyone who can afford one gets an aluminium one.
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Looks sell better than practicality.
Also why every new laptop including P series Thinkpads are "muh thinnnnnnnn" now.
>complains about aluminium
>posts a laptop made out of a magnesium allo
> Bare skin
Wear pants like a normal fucking person.
Fucking basement dwellers, I swear.
The main reasons the aluminum meme became widespread is that plastics can vary wildly in quality and strength, while for the most part aluminum is always aluminum. Most people view metal as a durable material in comparison to the large number of cheap plastic products they have encountered in their lives as well.
How the fuck do you expect people to fap/shlick with pants on?
>threads his own post
man, your head is really deep inside your ass.
>jerking it with laptop on lap
You are aware of where the genitals are located, right, user?
behind the knee maybe?
How else am I supposed to look at porn while fapping on the shitter? Seriously though, sweat makes its way through pants in summer.
>Oy veh this laptop's too heavy
>Oy gevalt it's too cold to use on my lap while I wear shorts
>Oy vavoy my papa's gonna stop payin' for my Harvard law school degree if he knows I dropped it
>Remember the 6 million burn blisters on my lap from using it after it warmed up
I wonder what's OP's nationality...
They are also prone to bending.