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Low hanging fruit, but whatever. It is what it is.

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[โ€“] MutilationWave 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You could buy a nice gaming laptop for that price. I thought the appeal of think pads was that you buy an old one cheap. It's just me I guess but I don't enjoy using them.

[โ€“] NOPper 3 points 3 months ago

Maybe I could, but I'm not using it for gaming so battery life, portability, and fan noise don't have to be sacrificed for a few more FPS when I wanna play something light on the road.

The Tim Taylor approach to hardware was great when I was a kid, less so in my 40s looking to do some moderate coding and radio projects on the road away from my massively overbuilt gaming rig I already own. This lil guy checks all those boxes. I was just wondering what specific hate there was on newer models.