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For years, laptop makers have toned down display bezels, millimeter by millimeter, to give us gaming laptops with larger displays in slimmer bodies They’ve been moving from 16:9 widescreen displays to taller 16:10-ratio panels, too. So far, for gaming laptops, this meant a 15.6-inch model would be updated to a 16-inch display, but the actual body size roughly stays the same.
Now, the same thing is happening to 17.3-inch gaming laptops. At CES 2023, a new batch of 18-inch gaming laptops were announced from Alienware, Acer, Asus and Razer. And although Lenovo, HP and MSI didn’t unveil any 18-inch models, I’m certain that won’t be the case for long.
Widescreen 17.3-inch displays aren’t extinct yet, though. Acer announced updated Nitro gaming laptop models with Intel and AMD processors, while Asus refreshed its Strix Scar 17 and Strix G17 models for 2023 as well. But with Acer, Asus and others loading up on new 16- and 18-inch gaming laptops, it looks like the days are numbered for 17.3-inch models (and 15.6-inch ones, too). Here’s the first crop of 18-inchers that showed up for CES 2023.
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Over the last several years, laptop makers have whittled down the frames, aka bezels, around laptop displays.
