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Comment Re:PCs are now overkill for many people (Score 2) 47

Many people use the internet on their phones. They use cloud software on their tablets. The days of the expensive laptop are going away for personal use.

I agree, connectivity is now phone based for many.

You don't need a laptop/desktop for entertainment.
Yes, there are crazy gaming rigs, but that is not everyone.

Casual users can live with a phone or a tablet. TV's have built in Apps that are starting to get to a point where a Chromecast or FIre Stick isn't necessary (but still a good idea since the TV will be EOL'D in a few days).

One needs a desktop for education and work, and even that is subjective depending on ones role and available software.

Comment Unusable Website, Crap Hardware (Score 1) 47

I've spent some time considering ThinkPads, and I was even a little excited about the snapdragon X13s, but I can't.. just can't use their website without it crashing in chrome, and the search-ability of their products is lackluster. Like I have issues with Dells filters, and somehow someone else screwed it up even worse.

Then there is their offerings, lackluster at best. I like the ThinkPad form factor, but when it comes to x64 laptops and servers, its Dell hands down.
Too many things soldered in, too many without UHD/4K. Too little, too much $$$.

Lenovo is completely out of touch with the consumer, or even the prosumer. I recently bought a Dell Precision Mobile workstation that can take a i9 or Xeon, UHD Display, 3x.m2 full size slots, and 4xDIMM slots that can do 128GB of RAM that shipped with Ubuntu. Now happily running FreeBSD 13-STABLE =P
And aside from the upgrades, the base unit with min ram and ssd was like $1200. ThinkPads had nothing close when I was looking.

Let alone vendors charging $1000 for something that can be purchased for $200 elsewhere like RAM and SSD (Crucial, NEMIX, NEWEGG,AMAZON). I would appreciate that stopping.

And one last thing, going back to the website that crashes in my browser (Windows , Linux, Mac Chrome) , if you can't get your damn website to function properly, what does that say about your laptops? nothing good....

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