Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Grabbed a second hand laptop the other week since mine is about 7 years old and not well. And with all this car BS I figured nows not the time to drop 1k on a laptop. The "new" one is 3 years old and I have to say, pretty impressed so far. Its so much quicker than my old clunker.

    • Cendana@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I have a "refurbished" one as a secondary for $400, 3 years old and works really well.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I bought an old toshiba about seven years ago. still works just as well as it did when I got it. it was maybe 5 years old then. it's on windows 8 or something so no new updates to bloat it and I'm running old software on it. cost 130$ I think at the time, I had to buy new batteries at some point. but fuck, toshiba make good stuff.

      • Cendana@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        no new updates to bloat it and I’m running old software on it.

        A security risk.

        Hope you're not doing any sensitive activities like online banking or emails (connected to important apps etc).

        • Hongohones@aussie.zone
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          1 year ago

          Indeed I do not use it for that kind of thing. It's mostly a youtube machine these days, still good for running my music software though, which doesn't rely on internet connection.