Laptop Shopping
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I had thought about that, I even remember a few years ago when they were more en vogue if I would get away with just getting a Surface with one of those keyboard docks. Are those still a thing?
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yep. it sounds like you are only doing things in a browser and in the google ecosystem so it seems like a natural fit. they've added android app support and you can still run linux on top of chrome os, if you need.
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Wait, who died?
I got rid of my 10+ year old PC recently and switched to a Raspberry Pi4.
Most of the time I’m on NG.com on my phone.
I do have a Win 7 laptop that I use sparingly. It’s basically got some backups of RPG .pdfs, and my meager sample (.wavs) collection.
I got rid of my 10+ year old PC recently and switched to a Raspberry Pi4.
Most of the time I’m on NG.com on my phone.
I do have a Win 7 laptop that I use sparingly. It’s basically got some backups of RPG .pdfs, and my meager sample (.wavs) collection.
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As far as talking about price, if you're talking about accessing the web, all you need is 64bit OS, 8 GB RAM, SSD and a dual core CPU. The retail market is quite competitive so you'll end up picking which one looks better, if you like x company's logo more than the other and the warranty terms.
That is because you've only be buying the over-engineered retail market products. At least with those, you can easily find donor parts on the secondary market, despite the fact that parts with common wear/faults will be more expensive (like Dell/HP hinges). If you ended up buying high-end whitebook or enterprise notebooks, it will be better in the long run, but finding replacement parts can be difficult.
Of which, I'd recommend Microstar whitebooks, Clevo and Compal models. I personally use a Microstar and a Lenovo as my primaries. I'm ridiculously cheap when it comes to notebooks, or else I'd be using a Clevo.
That is because you've only be buying the over-engineered retail market products. At least with those, you can easily find donor parts on the secondary market, despite the fact that parts with common wear/faults will be more expensive (like Dell/HP hinges). If you ended up buying high-end whitebook or enterprise notebooks, it will be better in the long run, but finding replacement parts can be difficult.
Of which, I'd recommend Microstar whitebooks, Clevo and Compal models. I personally use a Microstar and a Lenovo as my primaries. I'm ridiculously cheap when it comes to notebooks, or else I'd be using a Clevo.
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They are, and for what you need they're pretty good. I have a Lenovo Yoga from early 2017 and it's pretty good. It won't be able to play super hardcore games on it, but for YouTube, emails and wanking it does well.
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Ah, a fellow Yoga wanker.
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I recently have found an interesting article which talks about different laptops with 15´. Maybe it helps someone to understand whats best for them and there uses.
https://www.technikhiwi.de/laptop-15-zoll-test/
Greetings
https://www.technikhiwi.de/laptop-15-zoll-test/
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Old dead thread, but so are my computers.
Ran my Lenovo Y550p into the ground a year or two ago. It had been my primary computer, as I'd stopped using a desktop around 2007. I still have a drawer full of obsolete laptops that I cycle through for some reason.
I'm back to using a desktop for more intensive stuff now, though I've still got a bad habit of trying to stretch hardware past its life cycle. I finally replaced the AM3+ board with an AM4 a week ago, but not before I tried to replace the FX-4100 with an FX-8150 that the AM3+ mobo throttled to 2.8ghz since it wasn't designed for 125W TDP. It started as a prebuilt but I think at this point I've replaced every component aside from the optical drive.
My "power" laptop now is a cheapo Walmart Motile 141 (that's the one with the Ryzen 3200U) that I got during one of their sales. It's mostly okay, though I wouldn't pay the $369 they've got it listed for at the moment. You get what you pay for. A dead pixel popped up for a few days early on which seems to have revived (going on several months now), and I've had a couple of unexplained freezes, but it's fine for cloud-based work.
Ran my Lenovo Y550p into the ground a year or two ago. It had been my primary computer, as I'd stopped using a desktop around 2007. I still have a drawer full of obsolete laptops that I cycle through for some reason.
I'm back to using a desktop for more intensive stuff now, though I've still got a bad habit of trying to stretch hardware past its life cycle. I finally replaced the AM3+ board with an AM4 a week ago, but not before I tried to replace the FX-4100 with an FX-8150 that the AM3+ mobo throttled to 2.8ghz since it wasn't designed for 125W TDP. It started as a prebuilt but I think at this point I've replaced every component aside from the optical drive.
My "power" laptop now is a cheapo Walmart Motile 141 (that's the one with the Ryzen 3200U) that I got during one of their sales. It's mostly okay, though I wouldn't pay the $369 they've got it listed for at the moment. You get what you pay for. A dead pixel popped up for a few days early on which seems to have revived (going on several months now), and I've had a couple of unexplained freezes, but it's fine for cloud-based work.
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I'm afraid to ask what the specs and OS are on that.
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1.6GHz Intel N270 Atom Processor
1024MB DDR2 533MHz Memory
160 GB SATA Hard Drive, Integrated 0.3 Megapixel Webcam
10.1-Inch SD WSVGA High Brightness LED-backlit Display, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
It currently has Windows 10 on it, although it is stripped as barebones as I can get it. I did put another 1024MB of RAM into it, but no more slots now, so that's about all I can do for it. On Screen #2, Keyboard #2, and Battery #4.
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I have an HP Mini 1000 with an N270 and I find it unusable with Windows 10. MX Linux still releases for 32 bit architecture and is pretty user friendly. Much faster performance if you're willing to give it a shot. I've also got it running on an Inspiron 9100 from 2004 (uses a Desktop Pentium 4).
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