Gabriele SveltoNov 4

A friend needed a new laptop and was about to buy some consumer-grade garbage for ~500-600€. Fortunately he asked me before committing to it, and we found a second-hand AMD-based Thinkpad T14 for 300€. It's stupidly powerful for what he does, has much better connectivity and a much sturdier case. It was in really good condition too.

Long story short, stay away from consumer laptops. There's second-hand business machines that are both better and cheaper.

Show threadalec timmerman 🇪🇺🔒🌍📱🌳📰Nov 4
@gabrielesvelto My wife bought such a laptop and when I unboxed it, it instantly felt like garbage. All plastic, horrible keyboard and bad key travel, clunky trackpad and sub par screen. Holding it with one hand resulted in the screen flickering on and off.
Show threadGabriele Svelto
@altim I upgraded the RAM on an HP 15 recently and it was similar. Horrible keyboard. Brittle plastic case that flexes easily. These are supposed to be mid-range consumer laptops and yet they have a build quality that's lower than Atom-based netbooks of old.
Nov 4 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadalec timmerman 🇪🇺🔒🌍📱🌳📰Nov 4
@gabrielesvelto You've guessed it. It was a cheap ass HP that cost 600 euros. Total waste of money.