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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

HP was indeed affordable and good. They made good laptops and laser printers for many years.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Strong emphasis. I had an HP laptop in college in 2006. I believe I took good care of it. It freezes one day in the middle of homework, I pull the battery out in frustration. It never turned on again. No idea what I did but it died.

[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did you pay for the antifreeze? That's probably why

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

It pays to have a good antifreeze.

[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think my Mcovfee subscription had just expired. Should have known better!

[–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Back in my day...