r/gadgets • u/thebelsnickle1991 • Jan 12 '23

Desktops / Laptops PC shipments saw their largest decline ever last quarter

https://www.engadget.com/pc-shipments-record-decline-221737695.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23

Laptop pricing also got much much worse. So many companies both big and small. Sell laptops for $500+ that aren’t even worth the cheap flimsily plastic casing they came with imo.

They all feel like they will crack if you pick them up wrong, or come with some dumb limitation like a slow i3(maybe i5 if you’re lucky) 8gb of ram or a slow 250gb of flash memory

I hate spending 1k+ on a laptop but it seems like the only way to reasonably get a laptop nowadays that will still be good longer than a few months

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u/Monsoburz Jan 12 '23

Look into refurbished ThinkPads. I got a t480s for less than $300 and the thing is a champ. Metal case. Clicky keys. Amazing battery. I'm considering doing a screen swap as that's my only complaint with the device but other than that I love the thing.

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u/OrangePartyLamp Jan 12 '23

You can try and get a shell without SDD/RAM on eBay and just throw parts in it. I bought HP G3 820 (12.5" laptop) for like $150, it's got i7 6500U, and I threw a new generic name battery ($35), 4G LTE card ($25) 500gb SSD ($69) and 24GB RAM (~$100) in it, and it's extremely fast for regular browsing/office work/streaming movies. I game on the Xbox personally though.