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    [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Not if I've never bought a prebuilt PC.

    [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (5 children)
    [–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

    You only need laptops if you actually leave your home.

    [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

    system76 let's go

    [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

    Nope. Never bothered with a laptop until work provided me with one.

    [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Cant say for them, but I've never owned a laptop until about 6 months ago, and thats used enterprise hardware off ebay.

    [–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    What did you get? I’m interested but not really sure what to look for in that niche

    [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    HP zbook 17 G6. Big, thiccc, can take a 2.5 inch drive AND a slim disk drive (but it might be hard to find the front/bezel piece to use one properly), and 2/3 m.2 slots (i think sata might be disabled if i use one?)

    No soldered ram BS, and I've got an 8c/16t xeon. I spent about $300. G6 and G5 only difference is the processor IIRC

    [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I owned only MacBooks and not pre-built PCs, so it’s the same for me. Never bought a single Windows license, even the OEM one.

    [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Never bought a Windows license… But happily paid the Apple Tax.

    They’re the same picture.

    [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

    I paid my sins, father! Now all my MacBooks are on Linux! All of them!