I Disagree That Gaming Laptops Are "Unprofessional" To Take To Work

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Gizmo j

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I've heard so many times that bringing a gaming laptop to work would be sooooo embarrassing and that they need something that doesn't look "gamery".

What I don't think people realize is that gaming laptops is designed specifically to "Function"....THATS IT!

Performance that functions
Screen that functions
Keyboard that functions
etc. etc.


If I was an employer, I would LOVE for my employees to have gaming laptops.

What do you think?
 
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Brainonska511

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Employees should only be using company provided equipment for their computer work, unless you want to open your infrastructure to unsecured devices.

And as an employee, I'm not going out of my way to buy a laptop to do my job. My employer can provide the equipment I need.
 
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biostud

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Brainonska511 said:
Employees should only be using company provided equipment for their computer work, unless you want to open your infrastructure to unsecured devices.

And as an employee, I'm not going out of my way to buy a laptop to do my job. My employer can provide the equipment I need.
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This, unless the employee wants to use a Mac or gaming laptop, then they can use their own.
 
dave_the_nerd

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There’s still a lot of entrenched bias against “nerds” and “kids who play video games.” Some people are just never going to take them seriously. And even if your company isn’t led by people like that, you might be in a position where you’re clients are and you have to play along.

That said, gaming Laptops are not strictly functional: hence the LED lighting, etc. They’re also heavy and mechanical keyboards are kinda loud.

In an open office environment, loud fans, noisy keyboards, and “ground effect” RBG lighting would be moderately distracting for other employees. I could definitely see being annoyed by it in that context.

And the size. Back when I was in college I always felt a little bad for the one guy who was lugging around a 17” Alienware, back when 11 pounds and 20 minutes of battery life was the norm for those monstrosities. 4.5 pounds and 14” has been the upper limit for “road warriors” since the ‘90s.

Which brings me to another point; the common (but incorrect) idea that big heavy laptops are cheap and for poor people, but small light “ultrabook” style laptops are a luxury item and a sign of success. It’s BS but it still seems to be a common conceit with management at the companies I’ve worked.

Obviously the solution for most companies is to provide equipment to their employees that they want them to use, which represents their brand the way they want it to, etc. But some smaller outfits probably are run by one asshole who wants his employees to pay him for the privilege of working there.
 
BoomerD

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My first response to the OP’s question would be…

HOW THE FUCK WOULD HE KNOW?

He doesn’t work, depends on the public dole. What’s professional in an office or not…I’d think he would need to actually be in such an environment to develop an opinion one way or the other.
 
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Torn Mind

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BoomerD said:
My first response to the OP’s question would be…

HOW THE FUCK WOULD HE KNOW?

He doesn’t work, depends on the public dole. What’s professional in an office or not…I’d think he would need to actually be in such an environment to develop an opinion one way or the other.
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He scanned and read the actual utterances of some people on reddit.
 
biostud

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Most people don't need a beefy video card, the added weight and reduced battery life.
 
Red Squirrel

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Laptops lack enough video IO for work, I prefer a desktop so I can put a 4 port GPU in there that can do 4x 4k displays. If you "work" with a single HD monitor are you even doing anything productive? :p

At work we have 3x 4k monitors and 1x HD and sometimes I feel it's not quite enough.
 
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Working is overrated, gaming isn't. Hehe
 
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Red Squirrel

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My company is pretty strict about not allowing non company equipment on the network. If you even try it, it will kill the port then you have to do a call of shame to IT to get the port opened up and explain what you were doing when it got shut off. If the device is not on the domain and is not running an approved image it will basically cause a red flag. Every now and then they have a blitz of looking for devices that are not on the latest image and will actually send a kill signal to trash the machine. A few of us had it happen to our machines as we were stragglers as far as getting upgraded to 7 and were still on XP. Right in the middle of a night shift, machine just outright locks right up. Force reboot it, and get "NTLDR is missing" error. Fun.
 
NutBucket

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Man, that is hardcore! We haven't allowed XP machines on the network for at least 5 years.
 
Gizmo j

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As I've said before, I've heard so many times that bringing a gaming laptop to work would be sooooo embarrassing and that they need something that doesn't look "gamery".

If no one buys there own laptop for work, why have I heard this so many times?
 
Gizmo j

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NutBucket said:
Because you don't live in reality.
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You've never heard once in your life that bringing a gaming laptop to work is unprofessional?

If you go to YouTube and look up "Best gaming laptops" many of the videos has recommendations for "work" and they say how it's important for it to not "look like a gaming laptop".
 
Brainonska511

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In my professional life, I've never even heard of anyone bringing their own laptop to work. Only company provided equipment on the network and accessing files because of security concerns.

And no one wants to use their own computer for company business.

Also, as professionals, there is some expectation as to how we present ourselves to clients, and that includes acting within certain business norms.
 
lxskllr

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My company's tiny, and I'm what passes for IT. I bought my own desktop to use at work so I could keep the company computer on standby. It has some necessary software on it(that I don't use) that'll be gone if it dies, cause somewhere along the way, someone stole the keys. The desktop I bought looks suspiciously like a corporate desktop cause that's what it is, but I could use anything I want.
 
biostud

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NutBucket said:
No reputable employer will let you use a personal computer for work unless you're in some sort of virtual environment which negates the point of using a personal computer.
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I work in a small school, so the only sensitive data is on our intranet which is web based.

All the students are using their own laptops too. :)
 
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