Re: Old Hardware Redux

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Groovy hepcat Joerg Walther was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Thu, 21
Aug 2025 12:16 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>>Laptops are more frail and get harder treatment
> 
> Depends on which model you look at. I exclusively use secondhand
> Thinkpads and there still is no single one that failed in any way. I
> just bought an X280 (12') model from 2018 to use at work and expect
> that it will at least work until I am retired in 4 years time. An
> acquaintance of mine uses a 20+ year old Thinkpad as a kind of server
> with iirc Damn Small Linux or something similar. Most "consumer level"
> notebooks otoh are imho not to be trusted. :)

  My experience with Thinkpads is completely different. I've had several
(all second hand), of several different models, mainly because they're
quite cheap. Every single one has broken down on me fairly quickly. So
I've sworn off them.
  I'm currently using a second hand Toshiba Portege, and other than a
blotchy screen, it works well for me (so far - touch wood).

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Re: Old Hardware Redux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-08-26 19:23 +1000
  Re: Old Hardware Redux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-27 19:49 +0200
    Re: Old Hardware Redux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-27 20:37 +0200
      Re: Old Hardware Redux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-28 08:56 +0200
    Re: Old Hardware Redux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-28 03:57 -0400
      Re: Old Hardware Redux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-28 10:12 +0200
        Re: Old Hardware Redux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-28 04:21 -0400
          Re: Old Hardware Redux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-28 12:05 +0200
            Re: Old Hardware Redux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-28 06:28 -0400
    Re: Old Hardware Redux Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-08-28 11:13 +0300
      Re: Old Hardware Redux Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-28 12:07 +0200
    Re: Old Hardware Redux Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2025-08-28 18:58 +1000

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