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Why California isn’t banning gaming PCs (yet)

Have you heard? California just banned gaming PCs! Yes, they took your job, and now they’re taking your gaming PC too!!! (The abundance of exclamation marks indicates the sense of outrage.)

Well, that’s what you’d think if you read a headline that screamed: “Several US States Are Banning Gaming PCs” or “High-End Gaming PCs Banned in Six US States after California Energy Bill Limits Sales on High Performance PCs”.

This all kicked off when Alienware put

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