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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by sokoloff on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:29AM (#30662068)
I bought a Chromebook for $92 delivered to my door this winter. It’s definitely not the case there.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by ghaff on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:48AM (#30662306)
Realistically, you can't even really build your own laptop from scratch in the sense of buying a case, motherboard, etc. OK--maybe someone offers this--but it's hardly mainstream. And you can buy a Dell desktop for ~$800 and I'm sure I could find cheaper deals elsewhere. No, it's not an optimized gaming machine but most people don't have any use for that.
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