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Re:Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them by icebraining on Sunday June 18, 2017 @01:28PM (#14581763)
You really can't get away with that with laptops or desktops because the need for fans causes a lot of component wear and environments are so divergent you can't trust used sellers to not have a lot of the internals damaged.

I've had luck buying laptops (specifically Thinkpads) previously owned by companies and being replaced by lot. Probably due to a mix of better environment, better treatment by workers and more likely to get fixed if broken.

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Re:Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them by willhslade on Sunday June 18, 2017 @02:02PM (#14581938)
I'm also going to chime in and agree. Thinkpads are tanks; I've got a collection of about 8 running either Ubuntu or Windows 10 that just won't die, and are fine for browsing.
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Re:Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them by artursapek on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:13PM (#14583529)
Even the newer ones that are on par with mac laptops are solid. The carbon is as thin and actually much lighter, and still feels really sturdy.
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Re:Stop Buying Things and Start Borrowing Them by thirdsun on Monday June 19, 2017 @02:27AM (#14584929)
Very true.

I just recently bought a Thinkpad X1 Carbon on eBay. As a mac user I was shocked to learn that I could get a very capable device that was sold for € 1500 - € 2000 in 2013 for € 300. In great condition.

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