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How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
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[–] finkrat 1 points 2 years ago

It's like new vs. used cars. You'll always get more bang for your buck buying used. Posting this on a 1st gen X1 Carbon that's worth maybe $75 and it's fine. Bonus points for Linux as it'll require less resources.