• Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    So I started going to University recently, and the amount of people I’ve had actively chastise me for how I treat my laptop has been shocking.

    This is a tool to get things done, it’s not some precious gem, I bought a cheap laptop with the expectation that it’s going to get gross and crusty and I’ll have to hose it down once a year, I’m going to wing it around and drop it and clean the screen with my sleeve.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Treating a telescope like a jackhammer isn’t going to work well.

      They just haven’t figured out your jackhammer just looks a lot like their telescope.

  • JckRppr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I ran over mine with my car (by accident, of course) and it survived, I’m still using it even though I had to take some acrews out to relieve the pressure from the fan because it was hitting the case and sometimes I have to fold it a bit to the other side so it doesn’t make noises.

    So I guess I’m the second one

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, who hooks a portable generator up to their laptop without using a surge protector??

  • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    this is not funny. the computer on the right is using windows. put both of those pieces of shit in the same left panel and on the right put a logo that isn’t linked to some closed-source piece of trash

  • XiozTzu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Oh so that is how PC users overcome their shitty battery life.

    Now, how do you overcome the shitty trackpad and screen?

    • ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org
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      2 months ago

      it’s so weird seeing this kind of gate-keepy tribalism in the wild still. loving the leash that keeps you in the walled-garden is cringe as hell.

    • _stranger_@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Use a mouse like a smart person? The only people who use the track pad have no alternative at the moment, or are brainwashed by apple ads.

      Laptops have terrible ergonomics. Hunching over a desk like that is pretty bad for you. Use an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard and you’ll remember how useless a tiny 16" screen and shitty unmoving glass pad can be as an interface.