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Mine: > More to the point, this is why the soi-disant-designer snob ... comes across as such a douchebag. It’s not “minimalist” if you buy a new one every two
by bjt 11y ago
Mine:
> More to the point, this is why the soi-disant-designer snob ... comes across as such a douchebag. It’s not “minimalist” if you buy a new one every two years; it’s conspicuous consumption with chamfered edges.
- fyolnish 11y agoWeren't we also buying a new laptop every 2 years back when they had removable batteries?
- detaro 11y agoSome people certainly were, many didn't (or did and gave the old one to someone else to use for a while). I study CS and I think most people have had their laptops for 3 or 4 years now. (only exception-pattern I can think of were people who jumped at retina screens)
- technomancy 11y agoI'm still rocking my 2009 Thinkpad after passing on my 2007 model (too heavy for my tastes) to my kids.
- tinco 11y agoI'm still using my mid 2009 macbook. The battery is not that unremovable, it's just screwed in. I upgraded to 8gb ram and SSD as most have. Thanks to Apples move to super weak hardware you can't buy a new one that's better for the same price.
- benihana 11y agoAh, he found me out. I'm buying a new laptop every three years to impress strangers so they think I'm rich and are impressed with my status. Definitely not because my entire existence has happened in a time where the amount of transistors on a circuit doubling every 18 months was essentially considered a fact of nature.
- mfoy_ 11y agoJust because the next model has twice the whatever doesn't mean you need to get it. The only reason people upgrade on such a nice, predictable cycle is because of planned obsolescence.