IMHO if you are talking about gaming laptops with proper cooling the only ones are those large, very bulky desktop replacement machines such as the Clevo P870DM series machines

You certainly cannot get thin and light along with performance

Either run a virtual machine or get an older machine

Bear in mind that Windows 7 is losing support in a couple of months, of which it will have no security patches, and some popular programs like browsers may began to stop updating

Also it's not advisable to downgrade as some machines may not have the correct drivers for 7

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 2 2019, 05:18 PM

Very few notebooks these days have upgradeable CPUs/GPUs

The only choices are those big and bulky Clevo based barebones

If you want longevity and thermal performance your only choice is a desktop

That's something can be done quite easily - things like CPU microcode/Windows/Chipset driver can be easily updated for improved performance, just like Ryzen desktops

The 4900HS is a 35W chip, but it was proven to be capable of outperforming a 90W TDP Intel 9880H - the performance will be unreal when you consider the higher TDP 4900H

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Mar 31 2020, 12:55 AM