Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Old Hardware Redux Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:23:07 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <1084bk6$2ia1m$2@paganini.bofh.team> <1084bpn$7mtq$26@dont-email.me> <1084hg0$b9ca$1@dont-email.me> <7dlbakl6pj5blemm3d5kq54ks59hltu1rc@joergwalther.my-fqdn.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:07:27 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2872f37217444b98bc9c44718d6baee2"; logging-data="770604"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19jmtfcMqP7uw2Ndw0sLZO2qDmm2tme3Zk=" User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:DyKMbOg/IPDMYzhlQAZ7UAvGSnE= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72398 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). -- ----- Dig the NEW and IMPROVED news sig!! ----- -------------- Shaggy was here! --------------- Ain't I'm a dawg!!