New laptop
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Don't buy new, look towards refurbs for certain.
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He's found a few options around here.
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Taking all reccomendations. Thanks soo much everyone!
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@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
@dafyre said in New laptop:
@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
The ThinkPads generally have Ethernet, great reliability, great keyboard (+ clit mouse) and external battery (love that!).
The Thinkpads are Lenovo now right? General consensus around here is to avoid Lenovo.
I know about the malware stuff, but ThinkPads were unaffected and I'm sure Lenovo has the will to rebuild a sane reputation...
They've had a pattern of acting the same way, and outright lie to their customers. You have to assume they're not completely contemptuous of their customer base, which they have proven to be.
If you have a Lenovo on your network, I thank you for giving me another network to do whatever I want with.... yes, it IS that bad.
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@dafyre said in New laptop:
@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
@dafyre said in New laptop:
@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
The ThinkPads generally have Ethernet, great reliability, great keyboard (+ clit mouse) and external battery (love that!).
The Thinkpads are Lenovo now right? General consensus around here is to avoid Lenovo.
I know about the malware stuff, but ThinkPads were unaffected and I'm sure Lenovo has the will to rebuild a sane reputation...
They may have the will... but they have to win back the customers they lost because of it.
But we've seen no indication of this and having a will does not fit their historical patterns.
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@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
@dafyre said in New laptop:
@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
The ThinkPads generally have Ethernet, great reliability, great keyboard (+ clit mouse) and external battery (love that!).
The Thinkpads are Lenovo now right? General consensus around here is to avoid Lenovo.
I know about the malware stuff, but ThinkPads were unaffected and I'm sure Lenovo has the will to rebuild a sane reputation...
We don't KNOW that they were unaffected. Only that they were not caught. It doesn't change the fact that you are letting the enemy in the door and saying "well they didn't get caught in this one case before so we'll do business with them anyway."
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@dafyre said in New laptop:
@Francesco-Provino said in New laptop:
The ThinkPads generally have Ethernet, great reliability, great keyboard (+ clit mouse) and external battery (love that!).
The Thinkpads are Lenovo now right? General consensus around here is to avoid Lenovo.
Yes they are, consensus everywhere is to avoid them.
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Agree with XPS, the best screen that I've ever seen!
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@WrCombs Oh, that will be hard. Dell can't match your price. I agree with the thought to look for refurbished machine. You search into Asus laptops, they are not expensive. This one, for example, fits your price: ASUS E200HA-UB02-GD The hardware is not outstanding but here you can work. Of course, if you don't work with DATAs, graphic or etc.
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@Mirta said in New laptop:
@WrCombs Oh, that will be hard. Dell can't match your price. I agree with the thought to look for refurbished machine. You search into Asus laptops, they are not expensive. This one, for example, fits your price: ASUS E200HA-UB02-GD The hardware is not outstanding but here you can work. Of course, if you don't work with DATAs, graphic or etc.
I use Asus currently.
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He's had a replacement machine for a while now.
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@scottalanmiller Good und trustful brand, even can't be compared with Lenovo
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@Mirta said in New laptop:
@scottalanmiller Good und trustful brand, even can't be compared with Lenovo
LOL, not at all.
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Raspberry Pi is in your price range. LOL
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in New laptop:
Raspberry Pi is in your price range. LOL
That new Asus board is, too.
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Curious... https://www.pi-top.com/buy
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Thank you all for your input, I have a replacement laptop right now.. it will last me a while, ill keep this thread in case i need it again in the future.
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@dafyre said in New laptop:
Curious... https://www.pi-top.com/buy
I had seen the rPi top, but not the Ceed Curious.
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@scottalanmiller said in New laptop:
I'm an Asus RoG fan. What are your use cases?
I got my mother one of these. It's very nice. I wish it had a touch screen. Also, she has trouble seeing the little icons on the keyboard and had to print out an enlarged picture of them. Other than that, her minecraft experience has been significantly improved.
Personally, I use a Surface Pro 4 and my wife has a 3. These devices are not our primary units, though, and I wouldn't recommend using a Surface for gaming.
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@Grey said in New laptop:
@scottalanmiller said in New laptop:
I'm an Asus RoG fan. What are your use cases?
I got my mother one of these. It's very nice. I wish it had a touch screen. Also, she has trouble seeing the little icons on the keyboard and had to print out an enlarged picture of them. Other than that, her minecraft experience has been significantly improved.
Personally, I use a Surface Pro 4 and my wife has a 3. These devices are not our primary units, though, and I wouldn't recommend using a Surface for gaming.
I use one RoG for gaming (Win 10) and liked it so much that I got one for Linux for my work machine. So it is what runs Ubuntu and what I am on now.
