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.
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