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Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by omegaham on Monday June 12, 2017 @01:50AM (#14535384)
I did most of this year's programming coursework on a garbage HP laptop from 2008. It's not fast, but it's good enough to run Firefox / vi / Eclipse on Lubuntu.

In fact, it's not the computer at all that's making me upgrade - it's the fact that the battery is toast, but I can't get an OEM replacement. I've tried to buy a couple of knockoffs, but they've all been terrible.

Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by pawadu on Monday June 12, 2017 @03:52AM (#14535721)
Until a month ago my main machine was a 2009 thinkpad. Would still be using it if I hadn't received a 2015 laptop for free.

If it gets the job done buying a newer laptop is just vanity.