Gaming laptops have always kind of sucked. They make for a huge compromise between portability, power, and battery life, with one or other of these factors nearly always coming up short, even if the latest models are getting ever closer to balancing all three. However, this has seldom been highlighted more clearly than with the arrival of gaming handhelds such as the Xbox Ally X.

Sure, the Asus Xbox Ally X is far from the first gaming handheld, nor even the best gaming handheld for most – the Steam Deck OLED still holds that crown – but writing my Asus ROG Xbox Ally X review alongside testing the Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop over the last week or two has really brought home just where gaming laptops are coming up short, and where they still far outperform gaming handhelds too.

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