Apart from apple, are there any other affordable laptops?

You can get a powerful laptop for a stable price, where both games run smoothly (does not have to be ultra-hard) and general processes run quickly

https://www.asus.com/...-Products/

https://www.lenovo.com/.../thinkpadp

https://www.amazon.de/...B07Z81N5Z4

What does "apart from Apple" mean here? How long has Apple been known for affordable hardware?

You can go to the category "Notebooks" via Idealo and then set your criteria there. It then displays the corresponding notebooks.

https://www.idealo.de/.../3751.html

Then select your desired criteria in the column on the left.

Apple is not a good example when it comes to good value for money. You feel like you are already paying 50% more on the hardware because the apple is on it.

A laptop is not suitable for games. Gaming laptops would be many times more expensive than similar hardware in a tower PC.

I would not say in general that a laptop is not suitable for games. I play a lot on mine.

Old games may play on a new system, but others become critical due to the increased heat.

Naturally.

I'm aware that not everyone is going:-) The statement itself was just a little too general for me