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Durable mainstream laptops? Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 17:34:35 No. 1291
Modern consumer-grade laptops tend to have durability issues, while business-class laptops tend to be highly durable but refurbished ones are a few generations behind. There's also smaller companies like Tuxedo, Slimbook, System76, etc that seem to make durable laptops as well. At this point, is there any mainstream consumer-grade laptop that is actually durable, or are we now limited to business and Linux laptops?
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Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 17:38:20 No. 1292
When I talk about durability issues, I'm talking about issues like faulty ports, weak jack port, weak keyboard that breaks after a year, etc. Internal hardware itself, hinges, screens, etc, evolved a lot in durability even in consumer-grade laptops, but the faulty or weak components are always a pain.
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Anonymous 05/11/2025 (Sun) 20:30:24 No. 1297
>but refurbished ones are a few generations behind I don't give a fuck, just explain me where to buy them CHEAPLY!
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Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 21:16:53 No. 1298
>>1297 Varies a lot between countries. Your best bet is to look up "refurbished laptops" and see what shops in your country show up. If you are lucky there should be a few stores in your country dedicated to refurbished hardware and e-waste and they often sell 8th gen intel business-class laptops. Price ranges between 200€ and 600€ depending on the laptop and store.
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Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 21:19:34 No. 1299
>>1298 Note for the future: avoid HP Zbooks with 45% NTSC once companies dispose of them and they start showing in refurbished hardware stores. The Zbook I work at my company has a temporary burn-in despite having an LCD screen, anything that stays for too long gets burned into the screen and slowly fades away. The 100% sRGB Zbooks might or might not have this problem but it's less likely
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Anonymous 05/11/2025 (Sun) 22:40:43 No. 1300
>>1298 Is it reasonable to expect something good from refurbished 10th gen intel?
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Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 22:55:03 No. 1301
>>1300 Hardware lifespan is much higher than typical consumer-grade laptops if we're talking about refurbished business laptops. The laptop overall is sturdier and meant to last. Normally when you buy them second-hand it's safe to assume you might want to replace the SSD and battery, but when they are refurbished they might come with fresh ones. A quick way to suspect it's a business laptop is if the store refurbishing them only provides laptops from dell, hp and lenovo, and they all have intel cpus
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Satori Komeiji 05/11/2025 (Sun) 22:59:10 No. 1302
>>1301 Most common business laptops currently in refurbished stores include think pad T/X/P series, hp elitebooks and dell latitudes
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Anonymous 05/11/2025 (Sun) 23:48:33 No. 1303
I want 11 gen i5 with 16gb ram
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Satori Komeiji 05/12/2025 (Mon) 08:51:59 No. 1306
>>1303 There are some business laptops being refurbished with that intel generation but most are still in 8th gen
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