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I wish I could pay 50% more for a laptop, so even if it's just less fast, 300% thicker, could still survive for 5 years without fainting. It seems thinkpads or

by jokoon 8y ago

I wish I could pay 50% more for a laptop, so even if it's just less fast, 300% thicker, could still survive for 5 years without fainting. It seems thinkpads or some other dell laptops (or other brands?) have some kind of military grade requirements so they can sustain not only punishments and mistreatments, but also not have those faulty gimmicks that are caused by fragile designs. It's the difference between wanting a fancy sports car and a good old military vehicle. There are designs that are well thought out, and are just more reliable in the long term. I don't want shiny, performant cool object, I want things to work. Not aiming at apple in particular.

blattimwind 8y ago
Panasonic (Toughbook), Dell (Latitude Rugged) and Getac all supply Milspec and milspec-ish laptops. I've owned several of these and in certain locales they're quite handy. Also, carrying just a laptop, which already has a carry handle, is lighter than carrying a 1 kg laptop in a soft briefcase. Since shock-proofed hard disk carriers are a bit bulkier than your regular 2.5" disk some of these laptops also have a good amount of stash space. While more modern Thinkpads seem less physically robust than the old guard (Mg castings and all), even the physically low-end ones are still quite ok (e.g. the E485, which incidentally also has a Ryzen CPU).
- agumonkey 8y ago
  Some videos show people abusing toughbooks, it's weirdly amazing what they can endure.
- andrewflnr 8y ago
  Scanning the Dell Latitude Rugged models, that's more like 3x the price than 1.5x.
koyote 8y ago
I bought a Lenovo T431s around 5 years ago. It's quite slim and not very heavy and still going very strong. Since I bought it I have upgraded the following: * New SSD * Added extra RAM * Upgraded the screen to full HD IPS (turns out the screen of the following year's model is an exact fit for this one) * Bought a new power brick (funnily, this is the only thing that failed on me in the 5 years) All components were incredibly easy to install, even a layperson could do it with no issues. I can't see myself buying a new laptop for the foreseeable future unless this one somehow bites the dust.

by jokoon 8y ago

blattimwind 8y ago

Panasonic (Toughbook), Dell (Latitude Rugged) and Getac all supply Milspec and milspec-ish laptops. I've owned several of these and in certain locales they're quite handy. Also, carrying just a laptop, which already has a carry handle, is lighter than carrying a 1 kg laptop in a soft briefcase. Since shock-proofed hard disk carriers are a bit bulkier than your regular 2.5" disk some of these laptops also have a good amount of stash space. While more modern Thinkpads seem less physically robust than the old guard (Mg castings and all), even the physically low-end ones are still quite ok (e.g. the E485, which incidentally also has a Ryzen CPU).

agumonkey 8y ago
Some videos show people abusing toughbooks, it's weirdly amazing what they can endure.
andrewflnr 8y ago
Scanning the Dell Latitude Rugged models, that's more like 3x the price than 1.5x.

koyote 8y ago

I bought a Lenovo T431s around 5 years ago. It's quite slim and not very heavy and still going very strong. Since I bought it I have upgraded the following: * New SSD * Added extra RAM * Upgraded the screen to full HD IPS (turns out the screen of the following year's model is an exact fit for this one) * Bought a new power brick (funnily, this is the only thing that failed on me in the 5 years) All components were incredibly easy to install, even a layperson could do it with no issues. I can't see myself buying a new laptop for the foreseeable future unless this one somehow bites the dust.