I thought this had to be an internet "thing" Trump Lawyer Sports Gamer Laptop At $250 Million Fraud

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Trump Lawyer Sports Gamer Laptop At $250 Million Fraud Trial [Update: She Says It Belonged To The Court]
Alina Habba's Asus ROG glowed blue after she opened it in court

And then she blamed the court.

Today is the first day of former president Donald Trump’s $250 million fraud trial in New York. A case brought by the state’s attorney general accuses the Republican primary frontrunner of lying about his net worth by billions of dollars to try to secure more favorable loan terms. One of his attorneys, Alina Habba, showed up with what appears to be an Asus ROG gaming laptop. Its RGB logo changed colors during the hearing.

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The laptop in question looks like it could be the ROG Strix G17 G712 model. Originally released in 2021, it sports a 17-inch screen, an RTX 2070 Super GPU, 2.3 GHz Intel i7, 16GB of DDR4 memory, and of course, an RGB keyboard and light bar with Asus’ Aura Sync. It currently sells for about $1,700.

Habba did not immediately respond to a request for comment about what the exact model of the laptop was, how often she games on it, or if Trump has ever watched her play on it.

https://kotaku.com/donald-trump-new-york-fraud-trial-asus-rog-stix-habba-1850892471

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[NutmegYankee]

1. Huh, I didn't realize they made laptops.

I built my gaming machine tower with an ROG motherboard and graphics card.

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2. Isn't she also the one who forgot to ask for a jury trial?

There seems to be some kind of lack of focus on what needs to be done for her client in this trial...perhaps too much time spent gaming?

Pro tip to trump: You get what you pay for with lawyers.

[Botany]

4. I don't think too many real lawyers want anything to do with him.

Ms. Parking Lot Lawyer is in way over her head.

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16. No doubt. Better lawyers will demand up front payment or no deal.

[Botany]

21. In 2020 all of Trump's real lawyers from Porter Wright quit his post election team because they

..... wanted to keep their law licenses because Trump, Rudy, Eastman, and so on wanted them
to suborn perjury or perjury themselves.

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22. And then there's that. There has never been a more unfit person...

to occupy the WH. What a disgraceful smear he has left on history.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Habba is a parking lot attorney

I guess that Habba spends more time playing games rather than checking the box for a jury trial

[Renew Deal]

5. I believe Kotaku is a gamer website

So their coverage makes sense.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. Apparently they don't know that gaming PCs can be used for other things...

Which is odd for a gaming website.

[Renew Deal]

15. They know. So does the rest of the world. But everyone wants their clicks.

[haele]

6. It's actually a damn good laptop for research projects on a time limit.

With the ability to present multiple screens at once and still search the Internet and take notes without lagging. Just be polite and put a sticker or skin over it so you don't disrupt the Court or your co-workers.

Plus, while they aren't a "toughbook", they're really a reliable brand.
I got one for engineering work as a remote desktop on sale 5 years ago on sale and it's still running strong.

Haele

[Delphinus]

11. That's

good information.

My HP laptop is almost two years old now and I swear it is failing. I've actually been thinking about a Mac, but I use MS Office and need that ability. I don't game, but have multiple browsers, with multiple windows, open all the time.

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18. There's MS Office for Macs. Has been for decades.

[Hekate]

20. Thank you for good info

[Arthur_Frain]

7. I dont think this is the burn everyone seems to think it is.

I’ve purchased a gaming laptop or two. I’ve also done a lot of research before buying them. In general gaming laptops are the most powerful laptops you can buy. There’s nothing required in a lawyers office computing power wise that that gaming laptop couldn’t handle (probably) better than any business toughbook you want to put it up against.

Gaming laptops generally have more memory and a bigger hard drive. The huge difference is usually in the video card and video memory. There’s noreason it isn’t every bit as effective as the laptops our side uses.

Want to talk about the competence of Alina? That’s where he’s going to stumble. He hired her entirely for her appearance. Wonder how long she will stay when she realizes he’s not going to pay her either?

I wonder what her experience level is? What cases has she defended before? How did she fare? I haven’t seen very much about that.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. Yeah, it's an odd flex from a gaming website

I'm sure they know there is nothing wrong with using a gaming laptop (which could conceivably have been purchased to be able to handle video and large amounts of files) - but hey "look at the dumb lawyer playing games during the trial" gets hits.
I've also seen them back off to "BUT IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL!!!!"

Whatever. She's incompetent for multiple reasons, using a power laptop isn't one of them.

[Arthur_Frain]

13. I don't think she ever played games?

Not during the trial eh?

The story about Bankman Fried the other day mentioned that he played league of legends while on zoom calls with investors.

I wonder if people are conflating the two stories?

[Kid Berwyn]

10. It's probably borrowed.

Seeing how she misses checking boxes, the attorney might not own her own computer so she wouldn't know a lot about tech.

In any case, I don't know why she'd need a gaming computer to get parking permits in order.

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19. A lawyer, even a poor one, who doesn't own a computer?

[Kid Berwyn]

23. Do she need to own a computer to check the box for a Jury Trial?

She doesn't even need to own a printer, the court gave her a copy.

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24. Not the question. It's highly doubtful that any professional person...

nowadays, no matter what field, doesn't own a computer.

[Kid Berwyn]

25. That's your question. So what?

The point is a wannabe dictator is represented by a lawyer with a gaming computer.

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26. Forget it. You suggested she might not own a computer...

not likely, but let's move on.

[Kid Berwyn]

27. Why is the concern over my observation of her computer ownership your point?

Of all the things worth mentioning in regards to Trump's legal issues, knowing or not knowing that all lawyers own computers is a sideshow.

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28. Just odd that you would somehow think and adult, professional...

person could function nowadays without owning a computer. Odd.

[Kid Berwyn]

29. It's called sarcasm.

But it's OK, feel free to observe and comment on whatever you want.

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31. Sure.

[Kid Berwyn]

32. Of all the things to post about.

My observation about a lawyer not owning her gaming computer stands out. Interesting.

Oh well. It's a free country. If you like, you can believe she owns a computer -- as must every lawyer.

[Oneironaut]

12. lol That's awesome! I owned one. It's a great laptop for rendering and heavy calculations too.

However, I can see the RGB display being a bit distracting for the court. It’s also not a light laptop, so, not exactly ideal for a lawyer.

Thanks for the morning chuckle.

[SheilaAnn]

14. trump's lawyer to his right always seems to have a dumb smile on his face and always looking

looking at the camera. He is a strange, creepy sort of guy IMO.

[getagrip_already]

17. She also neglected to ask for a stay after the decision to break up trump corp

That should have been appealed with a demand for a stay within hours of the decision, not 4 days into the trial.

It's pointless now.

Woops.

Maybe the appellate court will stay the dissolution of business licenses if that hasn't already happened. But it may have, in which case, another fuck up Supreme.

But the court case will proceed at this point either way. They won't stop it now that it's started and witnesses are appearing.

[jcgoldie]

30. She has to entertain herself somehow

When Trump is blathering on.