So, I’m planning on buying myself a (second-hand) laptop once I get the money. I’m nowhere near tech-savvy so it has to be easy to use, but also I want something that is built to last, as opposed to certain (looking at you, Apple) devices that are desinged to become unusable within a next couple of years.
Any recommendations?
Apple products are notorious for lasting a long time. Why would you think they break quickly?
If you’re against apple i would suggest a second hand thinkpad.
We just retired my MBP from 2014 this year. 10 years of usage for a laptop is crazy. And we could have kept it going with a battery swap but we opted to get a new Air which are super nice.
Apple is expensive but you get what you pay for.
I stopped using my MacBook Air after 9 years. I did a battery swap at some point, and I think I replaced the charger after the cable frayed. Best windows machine I ever ran.
So true ~
I think they are conflating planned obsolescence with poor manufacturing.
Yeah, I had an early generation iPad, and the hardware still worked alright. It was a little sluggish, but the battery held a decent charge. The problem was that I couldn’t upgrade the OS, so I couldn’t update a lot of apps, like Safari. Without the updates, I couldn’t run current JavaScript. For example, it didn’t handle arrow functions, so a lot of websites just stopped working.
I probably could have worked around it, but it didn’t feel like it was worth the hassle.
Yup, this is exactly the problem with apple. Their manufacturing is excellent, but the fact that they can just stop updating the OS should be illegal. I mean, you can put Linux on it and still be able to use it, so it’s not bricked or anything, but it’s bullshit that the build something that lasts a nice long time, but force you to replace it anyway.