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Back after a year and a half to say don't make the same mistake as me (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/recommendations@lemmy.world
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Hey everyone

About a year and a half ago I asked for laptop suggestions. I was given a lot of good options and I knew what I wanted a ThinkPad. Being a broke college student over a 1000 thousand price tag made me look else where. I ended up with an idea pad. I cannot say enough how much I hate this product. I got up one morning and discovered it would not come on. I take it to be repaired and the motherboard is cracked. It’s un fixable and I’m down 500$. I have an old Chromebook running Linux mint so I’ve got something but it still sucks loosing that. I should’ve known better than to trust Lenovo I saw reviews of that model saying it was junk.

Don’t make the same mistake as me don’t put a penny towards a idea pad

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The odd thing is that when you get a little more money and you start spending the 50 dollars on the nice boots, you learn that there's an assumption about quality built into the price. Sometimes the 50 dollar boots are 20 dollar boots with a fancy brand name. Or they used to be high quality, but the brand got bought out by venture capital and manufacturing moved to another country and the quality of the materials used in the process changed.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yep, and in the same way the inverse can 'sometimes' be true too.

    A "nice" $80 headset will outlive the cheap $20 one. And in a lot of cases it'll also outlive that cutting edge $500 one that has features you dont need.

    So do your research, the inconvenience means it's probably more worth it to figure out WHY a product is good and then shop for the things you learned instead of just letting amazons top 10 recommended headsets guide you.

    Being more informed about the things you spend your life-spent-turned-to-cash dollars on is always a good idea. Helps prevent buying slop too.

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