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Re: Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?

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Post by dcminter »

JohnFen wrote: post #27
dcminter wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, I don't know anyone at all who does that. Your friends are odd.

Most people I know who use a laptop do that.

They have it in one place and never ever use it anywhere else? Do you know why?

Re: Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?

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Post by JohnFen »

dcminter wrote: post #31
JohnFen wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people I know who use a laptop do that.

They have it in one place and never ever use it anywhere else? Do you know why?

I don't really know why, even though I did the same for a lot of years. That my laptop never left my desk is why, when it came time to replace it, I finally switched to a tower instead. If mobility isn't a concern, the cost/benefit of a tower is greatly superior.

Update: On consideration, the reason I kept buying laptops for so long was that I thought having the option to be mobile was valuable. It turns out, based on my actual usage history, it's not valuable to me at all.

Re: Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?

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Post by thallavajhula »

al_borland wrote: post #25

0. Software engineer 1. 14” MacBook Pro - M1 Pro 2. My current laptop is about 4 years old. Historical, I’ve updated more frequently, but every time I think of doing it I don’t see a point. The M1 has held up amazingly well, a new one would give a minor speed update for some stuff. I don’t use my personal laptop a ton these days, and don’t push it very hard. My work laptop is the same chip, just a large screen. It’s…

Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?

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Post by thallavajhula »

huncyrus wrote: post #20

0. Founder 1. MacBook Pro 2019; Asus G56rj; Asus F15 2. Still using them, MacBook is old~ish, but still working, the heavy lift for containers, etc running on a separate home-lab machine, but still good. Battery is not decent anymore (~2-4h). The Old g56rj is my homelab (16gb mem). The F15 is for local LLM & stuffs that requires a dedicated 4xxx GPU (image processing, compiling, local ai tests)

Would you mind sharing which LLM you're running locally on your F15?

Re: Ask HN: How long do you use your personal laptop before replacing it?

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Post by thallavajhula »

hmahonen wrote: post #21

As long as possible. 0. Software developer 1. Current laptop is HP EliteBook 835 G7 (16 GB/256 GB SSD). 2. I bought the current laptop secondhand for few hundred a year ago. I expect to get 5+ years out of this one. Previous laptop was MacBook Pro (15", mid 2015) that I would probably still be using, but I need to change it's keyboard and haven't bothered to do that yet. That lasted for 8 years on my use.

Thanks. Also, 5-7 years seems like a common timeframe from what I've noticed in this comment section.
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