Did she get the phantom touches on the screen? That happened with mine. Naturally was just out of warranty. It still functions if you turn touch screen off (but the touch screen is the entire purpose of it!). Won’t be buying Microsoft again.
Laptop life span?
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Did she get the phantom touches on the screen? That happened with mine. Naturally was just out of warranty. It still functions if you turn touch screen off (but the touch screen is the entire purpose of it!). Won’t be buying Microsoft again.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Yes she did exactly the same fucking problem, the first time it was within warranty, the 2nd it cost 200+ notes to get it fixed
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i have a laptop as backup device / for use when i'm away, so not as if i'm using it all the time, but i've never bought a new laptop - either second hand reconditioned, or one that a friend gave me as he wanted something newer.
batteries on some have given up after a few years, but none of the laptops have actually died on me, just got increasingly obsolete (if anyone wants an xp thinkpad, it's on the 'recycle your tat' forum...)
batteries on some have given up after a few years, but none of the laptops have actually died on me, just got increasingly obsolete (if anyone wants an xp thinkpad, it's on the 'recycle your tat' forum...)
I can’t believe they’re legally allowed to sell stuff when they know there’s an issue with the hardware. It’s been happening for years as I discovered when I researched possible solutions. That was £3k basically down the drain. Won’t be falling for that one again!
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I always use external keyboard and mouse for laptops. Much easier.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
We've got a recycled tat, she's called Effie, a fugitive from next door.
You need a mouse if you don’t want to use the daft swipe thing, but a keyboard?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
We've got a recycled tat, she's called Effie, a fugitive from next door.
did she bring you the external mouse?
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
did she bring you the external mouse?
Funny you should say that, there was a very dead mouse in the hall yesterday morning, but as we have two cats, no way of knowing which one it was. Both hunt occasionally.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
maybe someone threw it through your letter boxFunny you should say that, there was a very dead mouse in the hall yesterday morning, but as we have two cats, no way of knowing which one it was. Both hunt occasionally.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
The reaching over the bottom part of the laptop irritates me irrationally. I've been on a lifetime hunt for a laptop that doesn't have the trackpad at the front, so the keys are at the front. One of my many oddities.
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
you'll just have to make doA pheasant would have been more welcome.
The reaching over the bottom part of the laptop irritates me irrationally. I've bee on a lifetime hunt for a laptop that doesn't have the trackpad at the front, so the keys are at the front. One of my many oddities.
That makes sense, some are better than others but I guess none are ideal.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I got my kids Lenovo laptops in March last year when school went online.
3 laptops and not one of them has lasted 18 months. One broke just before the 1 year warranty ended and the others have gone since.
And yet my laptop has been going strong for 10 years.
3 laptops and not one of them has lasted 18 months. One broke just before the 1 year warranty ended and the others have gone since.
And yet my laptop has been going strong for 10 years.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
I’ve bought nothing but Lenovo Yoga since they were launched, but I buy a high spec and use it for design work (my most recent one was £1250). Not one of them has broken or developed any kind of fault- I’ve only had to upgrade because the latest version of creative cloud is unsupported. Before that I bought Sony, but they did break. I like to get 5 years out of a laptop lets see how long this one lasts.
pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
Still rocking a 2013 MacBook pro here in clamshell mode with an external monitor. Replaced both fans myself using a guide from iFixit since one was deteriorating and making more noise and also blew out years worth of a dust and fluff accumulation. Actually improved its performance since the CPU must have been throttling itself as it was getting too hot with the poor performance of the old internal fans.
I'm four iterations of the OS back though, on Mojave and can only go one more to Catalina if I wanted unless I want to delve into the tinkering world the OpenCore Legacy Patcher where you apparently can load the most recent macOS on supposedly (according to Apple) unsupported hardware.
I'm four iterations of the OS back though, on Mojave and can only go one more to Catalina if I wanted unless I want to delve into the tinkering world the OpenCore Legacy Patcher where you apparently can load the most recent macOS on supposedly (according to Apple) unsupported hardware.
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AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Oh no. I bought a Surface Pro a few months ago. Thought the touch screen was weird, given it's a laptop. (I previously had an Acer Switch which was a laptop that you could detach keyboard from and use as a tablet, so that touch screen made sense.) I think the only thing I used it for so far is to digitally sign a document, which I otherwise would have typed my name in.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I have a laptop for work but try and use a supplied desk top set up plugged into a network if the fuckers provide
My 3 year old 300quid HP doesn’t seem to have the steam power to do much when I have multiple stuff open and crashes a fair bit.
I used an external Tb ssd storage device that cost the same price as the. Laptop
Considering buying a refurbished more powerful laptop but don’t know where to start
My 3 year old 300quid HP doesn’t seem to have the steam power to do much when I have multiple stuff open and crashes a fair bit.
I used an external Tb ssd storage device that cost the same price as the. Laptop
Considering buying a refurbished more powerful laptop but don’t know where to start
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
The average age of the laptops I use is around 5 years old. The one I've just replaced was a 2013 one (I got it in 2019), and it really was too slow and incapable. FWIW, that one spent the first few years of its life in a cupboard, so it's not so much about deterioration and care, just age and specification.
The main reason I end up replacing laptops is because they have inadequate memory, and no facility to install an adequate amount.
The main reason I end up replacing laptops is because they have inadequate memory, and no facility to install an adequate amount.
Blimey. They’ve come down a lot then as this one is £100
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Blimey. They’ve come down a lot then as this one is £100
SanDisk Extreme® Portable SSD V2 USB-C, USB 3.2 External Solid State Drive | Western Digital
Your life’s an adventure. The SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD fits your mobile lifestyle and accelerates every move. Nearly 2x as fast as our previous generation!www.westerndigital.com
I have two of these, they were over £100.00 when I bought them.
Mine was £150 last year. I want the 4TB one but that is pretty eye watering or was last time I looked.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
Check out the price on the 4Tb thoughBlimey. They’ve come down a lot then as this one is £100
SanDisk Extreme® Portable SSD V2 USB-C, USB 3.2 External Solid State Drive | Western Digital
Your life’s an adventure. The SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD fits your mobile lifestyle and accelerates every move. Nearly 2x as fast as our previous generation!
I’m still slightly paranoid that the ssd will fail.
I’ve got six hard drives with 18 years of work shit and a personal stuff on them sat in the top drawer waiting for the inevitable
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Check out the price on the 4Tb though
I’m still slightly paranoid that the ssd will fail.
I’ve got six hard drives with 18 years of work shit and a personal stuff on them sat in the top drawer waiting for the inevitable
I use Toshiba 4Tb external drives, they are about £90.00.
£75.00 at the moment.
I need fast read/write speeds so needs to be SSD. That one would be ok for storage but no good for editing 4k 10 bit footage from.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I moved eight series of Homeland onto one last night, from an SSD. It went over at about 125 megs on average.
I assume that the 'receiving' disk sets the speed.
Depends on the speeds of the drives but writing (receiving) tends to be the bottle neck as that is slower than reading.
You need to invest in a RAID drive.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Change mine every three years, things start to go wonky with them around then and mine needs to be tip-top for my work, it also goes everywhere with me so gets knocked about a fair bit, especially when falling off my bike…
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