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What laptop should I purchase? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this!

What laptop should I purchase? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those look pretty cool, I've never heard of them before. So it sounds like since components are so easily replaceable that you could kinda keep it as long as the company exists and just replace components as you go?

What laptop should I purchase? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm hoping that as a good compromise, I can get a monitor and a keyboard to hook up to it for working at home, that would work out I assume?

What laptop should I purchase? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ohhh I never thought about a recycled laptop, that's a really great idea. I had a laptop that lasted me 8-9 years so 3 isn't a problem lol. Does double booting have to do with how much memory a computer has to be able to store both OS'?

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What laptop should I purchase? (hexbear.net)
 

I haven't owned a functioning laptop in like, ten years because my phone does most of what I like, but I (probably) have tendinitis and carpal tunnel and need something more ergonomic for my terminally online needs. Arguing with strangers on the internet is not as effective on a cell phone lol.

I'm mostly streaming media, researching online and screwing around on lemmy. I'm interested in toying around with linux just to try it as an OS but would probably want to keep windows because Im not super tech savvy as people here seem to be. That said I can figure things out pretty quickly if I put my mind to it. I would like the ability to game if I wanted, but that might mean a whole different beast so if I could even run at least SNES roms or something like that that would be cool. I'd also like a decent sized screen, 16 inches at least. Hoping not to spend more than 1k if possible but I'm old and don't know what the average price is really for something that's upper-middle quality so whatever clever.

Thanks for any recommendations!