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1. Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:19:22 UTC Tio
   I was so impressed by that Fujitsu laptop that I convinced my parents to replace their shitty full-on plastic and hard-to-open and upgrade laptops with those Fujitsu ones. My father will have that 100 Euro model I was writing about. And my mother a similar model but with 8GB of RAM, 180 GB SSD and a core i5-4a. For 200 Euros. So almost double the power. In the same format. We should get it this week.
   
   Basically my father's laptop has a core i3 processor with 2 cores and 4 threads. I upgraded it to 8GB of DDR3 (had 1 more stick at home). Plus used his SSD from the old laptop. All for 100 Euros, 1 year warranty, and a few spare parts from the old laptop. The laptop is half metal and seems quite solid. It is damn fast with TROMjaro and basically if you want to open tens and tens of tabs, watch any video file, listen to music, even do photo editing and some video editing, or play some old school games, this laptop is perfect. I mean my father basically visits some websites, listens to some music at times, watches some live TV, and plays Solitaire and the like. For him this laptop is fantastic. More than he needs.
   
   My mother's laptop looks exactly the same (just a few color differences), but has 8GB of RAM and if I can upgrade I will to 12. I have some RAM sticks around from old laptops. Has an SSD, and core i5 with 2 cores and 4 threads. Better than the i3. On this laptop you can do all of the above and even play more recent and decent games, and for sure do video editing and all that. For her this is more than enough. All for 200 Euros plus 1 year warranty.
   
   Overall, and so far, I love these laptops. Super easy to upgrade, fix, and clean. Took me some 10 minutes to access the Disk and RAMs from my father's old computer, but around 20 seconds for the new one. That's the difference. Not only they are easy to fix, repair, and upgrade or clean, but they are sturdy enough. Top lid and top part where the keyboard is are metal.
   
   They are also very Linux friendly. Everything works out of the box. The screen is decent. No webcam tho. Perhaps that's better for privacy, they don't use webcams anyway.
   
   Anyhow, I love these laptops for the package: good build quality, easy to deal with them, linux friendly, and cheap as hell. 300 Euros for 2 laptops + 1 year warranty is not at all bad,
   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:19:21 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio Fujitsus and Vaios were beautiful laptops

   • Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:37:02 UTC Tio

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     @santiago I've heard of Vaio too. Is there a very cheap model you'd recommend?
   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:37:41 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio I had a Sony Vaio Pocket, but it is too slow for nowadays tasks. There are several models out to look for, but used mint laptops are expensive since it is now sort of collectible item. Cheap and maybe beated up like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/334558204984

   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:39:20 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio Look at this beauty https://www.ebay.com/itm/255790120018

   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:45:30 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio You can get a Panasonic Toughbook also, they are unbeatable and designed for last for life. I have a CF-31 which is a damn brick, but there are some thinner models like this one --> https://www.ebay.com/itm/185627421074 or this --> https://www.ebay.com/itm/325369396127

   • Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:48:57 UTC Tio

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     @santiago Yup looks very good but ofc 500 Dollars is quite a lot for what I'm eyeing 😀 . Also, again, metal build partially or?
   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:49:30 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio As i said, mint vaios are now collectibles. Panasonic CF-52 are good laptops, quite heavy but very resistant --> here is another https://www.ebay.com/itm/403908768405

   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 02:55:10 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio Toughbooks are very well built. CF-31s also have a magnesium chasis. You won't regret them, also runs very cool and perform well under stress, they are semi-rugged laptops, see --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykcVSgTd5AM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJxvctxc3Q and the drop test --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5GD_cQC1sg

   • Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 03:08:41 UTC Tio

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     @santiago These are mostly made for military, first responders, and such I believe. A bit extreme for normal use in my view. But interesting nevertheless.
   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 03:09:11 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio CF-31 for the millitary, but semi-rugged like CF-52 or CF-C2 are mostly for field work, so for home use surely lasts forever. I'm an anti-planned obsolescence guy.

   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 03:14:56 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio this is a picture of my laptop from 5 years ago, still using in almost every day https://mastodon.uy/@santiago/1556319

   • Tio (tio@social.trom.tf)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 03:32:31 UTC Tio

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     @santiago Is is metal build?
   • Simbionte (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 03:33:03 UTC Simbionte

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     @tio yes, Magnesium alloy