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Every laptop I've ever owned has been at the 500USD or less price point, and every laptop I've ever owned has had some kind of catastrophic structural failure in the chassis that causes the entire thing to gradually disintegrate after about two years, like clockwork.

Like, that must absolutely be something they do as an explicit design goal that forces you to buy a new disposable laptop just after the standard warranty expires, right? It's not just me being bad at computer or something?

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[โ€“] blobjim@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol aren't those all $1000 plus laptops?

[โ€“] lurkerlady@hexbear.net 2 points 5 hours ago

Some are fairly normal priced