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Re:Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops ... by rdtsc on Thursday September 25, 2014 @12:15AM (#8365591)
No doubt. Still using a 7 year old Core 2 <something> Thinkpad and it still works great. Resolution and speed are not a problem. Replaced the hard drive for a solid state, the fan at some point but otherwise I just don't see a good reason to spend another $1k or $2k on a new laptop.
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Re:Following Sony, Samsung has stopped sales of its laptops ... by ekianjo on Thursday September 25, 2014 @02:10AM (#8365850)
I just bought a Lenovo x220 which is about 2 years old, and it runs both Win7 and Linux Mint perfectly. Very fast, and I can even do SOME gaming with it. Best 200 USD purchase ever. There's no clear reason to upgrade laptops every year, until then I was using a 5 years old HP PC, which was working fine, too.

Shutting down your PC line in Europe is stupid, though. Well, that's better for the other competitors, which will fill the gap.

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