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 threadGabriele SveltoNov 5
A few pictures of this machine and a few more ways in which this is better than a consumer one:
* the keyboard is solid and comfortable
* you get a touchpad with 3 separate buttons and a trackpad
* the hinges are sturdy
* it's very easy to open up for servicing
* the cooling system is well done and doesn't blow hot air on the screen
* the bottom case is solid magnesium
* you get USB A & C, HDMI and Ethernet ports, an SD card reader and a headphone jack
* the camera has a lid to block it
Show threadxyhhx 🔻Nov 5
@gabrielesvelto solid mg? won't the explode if it touches water? i did high school chemistry u can't trick me
Show threadPaul Bone
@xyhhx @gabrielesvelto sodium is the one that explodes on contact with water (the leftmost column of the periodic table does that). Magnesium, if you get it hot will burn with a bright white/blue flame
Nov 5 at 10:18pmWeb
Show threadxyhhx 🔻Nov 6

@pbone all alkali metals behave this way (except beryllium), with elements lower on the table having a stronger reaction

https://web.archive.org/web/20111005182238/http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/data/intro_groupii_data.html

@gabrielesvelto

Visual Elements: Group 2 - The Alkaline Earth Metals