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Re:How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020) by zimspy on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:37PM (#36647389)
I'm a software developer and an older laptop is not great for productivity. I have an old Dell Latitude from 2017 and I pumped as much life into it as I could. Bought more RAM, an SSD but despite all that, it's a pain to run the IDEs I need to use for work. I keep it as a backup and work on an M2 Max now.

Same goes with my S.O. who is a Chemist. Older computers are just not ideal for new software.

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Re:How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020) by zokier on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:43PM (#36647440)
Age is not really the only aspect here; almost certainly top tier 2017 Latitude is more powerful machine than bottom tier brand-new Latitude today.
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