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

  • Zulu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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.

    • Mechanismatic@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      But the $500 headset was endorsed by that famous person with that hit song from 20 years ago, so surely it’s been vetted for the highest quality manufacturing standards!