HP - Upgraded - 17.3'' Touchscreen Laptop - Intel Core i7-1335U - 64GB RAM - 2TB SSD - FP Reader & Backlit KB - With PCO Laptop Cooler - Silver

Runs cool so far for me and I use the cooler more like a stand.

no

As Shakespeare would say, a thunderbolt port is a thunderbolt port is a thunderbolt port. This unit is NOT equipped with a thunderbolt port, so what it does have cannot act as one. It DOES have an HDMI port, however, which can be used for an external display (this is pretty much standard, even on the cheapest portables).

According to Gemini, NO as to the 1080p camera, but YES to the dual-array microphones. This fits with expectations, as (1) you can see the physical indents of the microphones and (2) 720p cameras are pretty much the standard on laptops, even on pricier items.

If your idea of gaming is chess or solitaire, yes, otherwise, I would say a resounding NO, since it doesn't even have a dedicated GPU. But what you should really do is go to the websites of the games you might be interested in, check the recommended specs, and then comparing them to this unit. The way you going about it 100% backwards.