Dying laptop

margrave55 said:

If a laptop costs less than $1000 ...
or
If a laptop is marketed as "home" or "home" office" ...
... then it's junk. You're wasting your money.

You can waste $400. Or $600. Or $800. It's waste.

If you must spend under $1000, buy a desktop.
If you must have a laptop, buy one listed as a "business laptop". You'll spend $1000 or more.
These are better performing and (more importantly) better built.

Some of us don't need military field grade hardware for a laptop.

And if its primary uses are email and web browsing, performance isn't much of an issue.

Desktop replacements and/or unbreakable hardware are different classes of machines. If the OP doesn't need - or isn't prepared to pay for - one, this sort of browbeating isn't justified.

My own laptop is fairly cheap. It isn't intended for heavy portable use; it rarely leaves the house. I admit that the SSD I swapped for its spinning HD cost almost as much as the laptop. I expect that the laptop will be obsolete before it wears out.

It's not a question of "military grade". Indeed, a $1000 laptop is not military grade. Nor $2000.

And performance is not my point. Rather, it's about durability and long-life. So the question is: why buy crap that won't last?

You could own several $500 laptops, each one replacing its broken predecessor, while the business laptop continues to churn for years.

Cheap laptops are crap.

margrave55 said:

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Cheap laptops are crap.

Maybe. I have an HP/Compaq CQ50-105NR. Bought it new in 2008, when a broken ankle made it impractical to use a desktop for a while. It was a real cheapie; came with Vista.

I don't use it anymore. The right $250 model of recent manufacture is much faster.

Thanks for sharing your opinion. Don't be too disappointed if not everyone takes it as an absolute.

margrave55 said:

It's not a question of "military grade". Indeed, a $1000 laptop is not military grade. Nor $2000.

And performance is not my point. Rather, it's about durability and long-life. So the question is: why buy crap that won't last?

You could own several $500 laptops, each one replacing its broken predecessor, while the business laptop continues to churn for years.

Cheap laptops are crap.

That again depends on the user. I had a 14" Vaio for the last 5 years and just gave it to my daughter. It's still going strong. But like Bobkn said, it rarely leaves the house and usually sits on the coffee table.

My friend just bought a flat screen TV built like a tank then hung it on the wall???

caperjack said:

i was going to post great things about the cheap acer switch 10 i got on amazon 3or4 yrs ago for 185.00cdn but i didn't want to jinks it ,,,, bent an twisted and all scratched up from shoving it between the console and seat of my car ,works like a charm ,most time !,,, hope that wasn't enough to jinks it ,lol , Price is not everything ,but it counts for sure

Should have insisted they charge you more. Then the hardware upgrades itself so it never gets old...

hardware upgrades,, ??

Soapm said:

Should have insisted they charge you more. Then the hardware upgrades itself so it never gets old...