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I would rather spend a tiny bit more and not have to deal with that Enormous hassle. Each of those parts has to be shipped separately and has a chance to be def

• ohazi 6y ago
  I mean, sure, don't do it if you need the laptop tomorrow. But if there's a laptop shortage, and you need one for school, and have all summer to sort it out, it's really not that bad. What we have is really a new laptop shortage, because supply chains got all screwed up. But few people will notice the difference between Intel's 8th and 10th gen CPUs. We have mountains of "old" laptops that are perfectly usable... They're mostly just a little dirty.
  • Google234 6y ago
    The comment I was replying to was talking about buying an old laptop and replacing all the insides with upgraded parts. Not the same thing
    • pantalaimon 6y ago
      You don’t have to replace all the parts, just the battery and throw in some extra RAM if you can. If it doesn’t have an SSD yet that’s another thing to replace. But replacing the CPU is usually not good value. Old top of the line parts are still pretty expensive (since there are at most two generations of CPUs for a platform there is not much to choose from), so that’s usually not worth it.
• yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  There's certainly a trade between time and money. Also, thanks: People like you help keep the used market moving and cheap for people like me:) (In case tone is lost in text, let me explicitly say that this is sincere appreciation for the symbiosis between people making different but all rational choices, and not intended as snark)