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Would you be willing to pay, say, $4000 for a laptop where all the quality engineering was top notch? YES, please, I beg of the industry give me this. In a lo
by rkagerer 4y ago
Would you be willing to pay, say, $4000 for a laptop where all the quality engineering was top notch?
YES, please, I beg of the industry give me this.
In a loud, resounding voice.
Buying a new laptop takes days of investment to get it all set up just right. Maintaining the software and OS to keep it snappy is also a timesink. The initial cost of the hardware is a trivial portion of the TCO for me.
It's also an item I only carry around one of (lugging around a backup device would be too inconvenient even if it only cost a dollar), so reliability is paramount.
My current laptop (Dell Precision from ~2011) cost a little over your price point, and has been upgraded many times over the years. Finding something I'm happy to replace it with has been a conundrum, there's a ton of absolute garbage out there. (Framework almost does what I need and is a leading contender).
- pas 4y ago> lugging around a backup device would be too inconvenient I kind of do this. I bought two used laptops a few years ago, one 13" XPS and a big bulky ~17" ThinkPad. The XPS is great for meetings, the other one is great for software development, and I have a backup ready and set up, ready to go. And if I travel for more than a day I sometimes take both. (So far the strategy seems to be flawless, as both work in well their own sub-par broken but reliable way, as Windows machines tend to, maybe each one is kept blinking by pride, or just to spite the other one. :D)