Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use?
by kelnos on Thursday March 15, 2018 @02:10AM
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Ugh, "excellent build quality"? Hardly. I bought a Razer Blade Stealth at the end of 2016, and one of my USB-A ports is dead, the front rubber striping on the bottom has separated from the body, the body itself has warped (lid doesn't close flush anymore), one of the body screws has fallen out (exposing circuit boards to the air, because of the warping), and the backlight for the leftmost 16 keys on the keyboard no longer works.
I suppose the larger Razer Blade Model might have better quality, but I'm skeptical given my experience.
I never had any problems remotely like this with Apple laptops (which I used for ~11 years), which I still consider the gold standard for build quality. The only real positive I can attribute to the Stealth is that Linux support on it has been easier than with most Apple laptops I've owned.
Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use?
by dvt on Thursday March 15, 2018 @04:27AM
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That's unfortunate, I've had mine for ~2 years and haven't had any major issues with it. Sometimes mine wakes up randomly (but I think that's a Windows issue).
I suppose the larger Razer Blade Model might have better quality, but I'm skeptical given my experience.
I never had any problems remotely like this with Apple laptops (which I used for ~11 years), which I still consider the gold standard for build quality. The only real positive I can attribute to the Stealth is that Linux support on it has been easier than with most Apple laptops I've owned.