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[–] swag_money@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

i daily an 11 year old ThinkPad. it's fast and does everything i need it to do. buying new is for suckers

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I dailied on my 2012 self-built gaming PC. Was good but expensive. Got a used MacBook Air, its cheap now.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

That's what I'm still doing now. I upgraded the RAM a couple years ago and the GPU last year, both with cheap older parts that were about $100.

The main problem I've run into so far is that Blender no longer runs since they only support CPUs ten years old or newer. But I don't do that stuff anymore really anyway.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Suckers and anyone who wants/needs a warranty... Like businesses.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

...a.k.a. suckers. 🙃

[–] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah, once my Zephyrus dies I’ve decided that it’s my last “new” laptop that I buy. Sure, it can play games, but my usage has been drifting more “casual” over the years. For the top end of my computing: I really don’t need much to compile stuff and run chitubox.

How easy is it to get replacement parts for a ThinkPad?

[–] SeekPie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever bought a new PC/Laptop. It's always been used. Had only one problem with a phone I got for half the proce of all the others so it's kind of my fault...