I want a computer that gives me the capabilities to play diablo3 and league of legends and those style games while having the full capabilities to do business work (just got job). Job will require microsoft office etc.

my main questions are: what does a business laptop offer me that a gaming laptop wont?
The reverse of that question is potentially just performance (video/graphics/sound/etc). But business laptops seem more expensive than the consumer laptops....which confuses me.

currently when i look at the descriptions of business laptops they say--this laptop can run office like none other (and potentially battery life/on the go-like every other laptop..). The gaming laptops have a sales pitch of "better faster". That to me is an actual differentiation point considering they can use office just as well.

Am i missing something here?

Most of the time it comes down to what is important to a business person or traveler

1. Warranty
2. Battery life
3. Weight

Any modern windows-based PC will run office just fine, I certainly wouldn't try to do massive excel spreadsheets on a netbook, (the load and save times would be horrendous) but that is the only consideration when using office

I have been extremely happy with my Zenbook Prime, its a few years old now so its graphics aren't the greatest, but it still packs a dedicated GPU in with an i7, ample RAM, SSD's, backlit keyboard, thin, light, and good battery life. I have used open office on it to make spreadsheets and word docs for school, meetings, order sheets, etc, as well as play most games at low to middling settings (may not be the best solution for you, as the newer model with a 940m costs around $1300)



Gaming laptops have a dedicated graphics card, which is where most of the cost comes in, they will also generally have terrible battery life, unless you get one with both dedicated and onboard graphics, in which case battery life is only horrible while running games

so basically: if i am good with bringing a charger around and do not care about warranty.... i mainly just have to focus on making a computer not too heavy

No I am saying that is what makes "business class" laptops so expensive

if you don't care about carrying around a charger then go for a dedicated graphics gaming laptop, but if you can, find one with both dedicated and onboard graphics, they get better battery when you need it and provide the performance when you play games

I don't know what your work will entail, but you should probably make sure to get something where the battery will at least last through an average meeting, which most of the time I have found to be 45mins to an hour and a half, it beats the hell out of trying to find an outlet, but that's just me, I take meeting minutes and notes quite often