I used to say they're horrible. And to an extent I know they are, I swore I would never degrade my values to own one. But you know, becoming an atheist has changed me. In ways I would have never dreamed. Now I know what you guys are thinking. I'm not stupid enough to buy a used tampon, right? Planned obsolescence is built into the majority of products we buy. Not all, which is why I'm happy to say that I did not go bobbing for used tampons (aka tablet). All they are anyway is a slightly larger version of my iPhone.
So yes it's true, I've bought my first ever laptop. It's a used Thinkpad 410, and I put a new SSD and battery in it. It's actually amazing that for exactly the same price I paid for this other people pay for a 5 year old piece of shit that's like $600 new. There are many reasons why I went with Lenovo, but one of the most important was to run Linux - and I am happy to say I'm communicating to you guys right now from Ubuntu 12.04. Another is the fact they devalue like nothing else - I mean the retail price of this thing is $2000. And it runs exactly like new with a new battery alone, and better than new with the SSD.
My philosophy is that a Laptop should be a mobile PC. Not a useless device designed just for internet and talk. It should be user serviceable. And that's what I've never liked about laptops. Yes this is maybe 60% user serviceable, but that's just not good enough. What separates this from a PC is I can buy another motherboard and put it in tomorrow. I can buy a floppy drive - there's no floppy drive that will fit this particular "ultrabay" and for that matter you have to buy specific disc drives for it: proper modulation gives you full choice, which is what we have with PC. Hmm maybe I should put a 1080p screen in: nup can't do that. Yes the HDD is fully modular, but that's just one component. If I want to upgrade the graphics in the future I can't because there's no graphics card in this thing, there's a graphics chip literally soldered to the motherboard, and even if someone GAVE ME a free chip to put on I don't have the expertise to desolder and resolder a component like that. So although it runs and behaves itself the same as my PC, it's not a PC and that's why I hate it.
The good thing about it is that it's an ugly motherfucker that people will think is utterly worthless: just like an average PC! And by "ugly" I mean I don't think it is, but given I paid $200 for it obviously other people think it is.
So yes it's true, I've bought my first ever laptop. It's a used Thinkpad 410, and I put a new SSD and battery in it. It's actually amazing that for exactly the same price I paid for this other people pay for a 5 year old piece of shit that's like $600 new. There are many reasons why I went with Lenovo, but one of the most important was to run Linux - and I am happy to say I'm communicating to you guys right now from Ubuntu 12.04. Another is the fact they devalue like nothing else - I mean the retail price of this thing is $2000. And it runs exactly like new with a new battery alone, and better than new with the SSD.
My philosophy is that a Laptop should be a mobile PC. Not a useless device designed just for internet and talk. It should be user serviceable. And that's what I've never liked about laptops. Yes this is maybe 60% user serviceable, but that's just not good enough. What separates this from a PC is I can buy another motherboard and put it in tomorrow. I can buy a floppy drive - there's no floppy drive that will fit this particular "ultrabay" and for that matter you have to buy specific disc drives for it: proper modulation gives you full choice, which is what we have with PC. Hmm maybe I should put a 1080p screen in: nup can't do that. Yes the HDD is fully modular, but that's just one component. If I want to upgrade the graphics in the future I can't because there's no graphics card in this thing, there's a graphics chip literally soldered to the motherboard, and even if someone GAVE ME a free chip to put on I don't have the expertise to desolder and resolder a component like that. So although it runs and behaves itself the same as my PC, it's not a PC and that's why I hate it.
The good thing about it is that it's an ugly motherfucker that people will think is utterly worthless: just like an average PC! And by "ugly" I mean I don't think it is, but given I paid $200 for it obviously other people think it is.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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