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So the plastic chassis of any budget laptop is intentionally designed to disintegrate after about two years of normal use, right? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by cosecantphi@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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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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[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Honestly, save up the money for an expensive laptop. It is a night and day difference. I have had my dell XPS for almost 10 years now, and it simply won't die. It sucks, because hate spending money, but a good laptop starts at $900. When I worked at Best buy, let me tell you, if I sold a laptop <=$500 I knew that thing was coming back (especially Dells. Only buy enterprise Dells). Asus were better quality at a bit lower price ($700), but other than that I would personally not buy anything that is not made for business.