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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:16:54 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   Is there a good old-person, sub $500 laptop model for the usual old folks tasks that would be a good, solid, long-lasting recommendation? These windows lovers always want somehting but there’re so many underpowered 1.2 ghz dual cores on the market I know they’ll be bitching 10 updates from now when it slows back to a crawl.

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:31:55 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • nobullyplz :antibully:

     @nobullyplz That’s what I was leaning towards. I would tell them just to get a T-series thinkpad for the removable battery and general durability, but IDK if the newer ones are good anymore. I can’t understand what’s what after they changed the names yet again

   • nobullyplz :antibully: (nobullyplz@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Jul-2023 01:31:56 JST nobullyplz :antibully:

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot Buying business models off craigslist is a good bet. Those things are fast, last long, often repairable.*
     
     Failing that, any budget computer with an SSD and a nuke-and-reinstall to remove adware would be good enough.
     
     * offer not valid if doing it for someone who'd scoff at a used computer :akkoshrug:
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     it used to be chromebooks but google can't wait to drop support for 2 year old models and rub it in your face
     
     better off getting a cheap laptop and installing a LTS linux distro, there's not much you can do about web browser updates etc changing shit randomly but the overall look and feel will stay the same unlike whatever crack cocaine microsoft is smoking these days that compels them to constantly move UI elements and redesign and rebrand everything
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