I have given my official statement on the current state of Linux by putting my money where my mouth is
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@Cocoa @mint @sendpaws None of that is extendable or replacable as well, since it's integrated. Price tag of decent "gaming" laptop btw. Linux & Windows users laugh at him, Mac users think he is broke 
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11@niobleoum @Cocoa @mint >he thinks PCs are better
lol, lmao even, there's actually many laptops with soldered SSDs on top of soldered RAM being common on ESPECIALLY ThinkPads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWkVDHKPMU
Decent gaming laptops haven't been $600 since 2024, they're $800 for the cheapest one at Micro Center.
@niobleoum @sendpaws @mint I'm contemplating buying one of the new Dell XPS laptops sometime this Fall
@Cocoa @niobleoum @mint I like the small ones but the soldered SSD ones are a no-go.
@sendpaws @niobleoum @mint I've pretty much always bought ThinkPads before and I'm heavily considering a P1 with the 300 series Intel chips when they come out but man the new XPS 16 is sexy
Don't know how much experience you have with Dell laptops, but many of them have a tendency to overheat. Also, this is an anecdotal experience, but after buying a refurb unit and a new BYD-manufactured battery for it (from Dell), the integrity had gone below 80% in a little over half a year. This was with responsible charging. If you're gonna splurge on a nicer XPS model, just get a Framework 13 or 16.
@jezza @sendpaws @Cocoa @niobleoum @mint
>a new BYD-manufactured battery for it (from Dell), the integrity had gone below 80% in a little over half a year. This was with responsible charging.
Yeah Dells are notorious for dogshit batteries. If you use them in a corporate setting (mostly plugged into some dock), the batteries completely die after a year.
>a new BYD-manufactured battery for it (from Dell), the integrity had gone below 80% in a little over half a year. This was with responsible charging.
Yeah Dells are notorious for dogshit batteries. If you use them in a corporate setting (mostly plugged into some dock), the batteries completely die after a year.
@phnt @Cocoa @niobleoum @jezza @mint express charge is what kills them from experience, it pumps more voltage into the battery
@niobleoum @Cocoa @mint the main reason I bought this honestly was to do iOS dev because I tried an iPhone and the one thing that offended me was how godawful fedi clients are.
That and if I learn programming doing so it works out.
@sendpaws @Cocoa @niobleoum @mint waiting for that client because i fucking hate using those apps too