[folkrav]

A decently fast laptop can definitely replace an older desktop computer without issue. When my old gaming rig died in 2017, I bought a laptop for work and plugged it in my monitors. Apart from graphics, the laptop was measurably faster on all accounts.

[boringg]

Fair enough but theres also a 3 year gap on those machines you are comparing.

[folkrav]

The only machines I've compared were my old gaming rig (with various parts bought or upgraded anywhere between 2009 to 2012-13) and my 2017 laptop. Not sure where that 3 years come from, maybe I'm misunderstanding.

[astrange]

It's not like Intel's products have gotten any faster in 3 years.