Gaming laptop competition to grow fiercer later this year

[HEXUS]

ASUS, Dell, Gigabyte, Acer and MSI are all readying Skylake powered machines.

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[TooNice]

To be honest, I didn't get much out of the video on the MSI prestige. What is the screen size of that laptop? What do they mean by "bling"?
My laptop is over 5 years old, and starting to have some issues so I will be looking forward to what Q2 has to offer.

[w1ntergr33n]

Bling is all those silly bells & whistles (lighting effects, go-faster stripes) brands like alienware add to make a laptop 'gaming' and not just a high-spec laptop. Not a fan myself, though presumbably someone out there likes it.

[cheesemp]

I hate all the bling they put on these laptops. I'd love a budget gaming laptop to replace my desktop when it dies. It doesn't need to be compact or blingy. Just a mid range CPU (high end i3, low end i5) and mid range GPU (950m) that doesn't cost more than £600. I had a good look when I bought my last laptop and gave up as they just don't seem to cater for people like me. The closest I got was some of customisers like scan/pcspecialist but they never had quite the right combo of specs and the laptop chassis they use don't always fair well in reviews.

[DanceswithUnix]

The tiny TDP available to a laptop GPU means something slow enough that there are already plenty of CPUs to choose from. I just don't see how Skylake helps.

[rm19]

This is totally what I've been waiting for and I think I'll make it my next main system. I know they aren't good performance value but I love that they are so mobile and have a built in UPS basically. Even a massive 18" DTR will be free of the mess of cables any desktop PC has and it can be moved around easily.

This next generation of gaming laptops are extremely powerful and efficient now so it's a good time to be in the market for one, but I agree with most of the other commenters though that the ridiculous flashy lights and crazy styling are a bit much.