Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
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Re: Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
#2I didn’t know hp was in good standing on ifixit. I know somebody who had a good hp laptop once where the thermal paste dried up. It was a dangerous day long process to get the thing open enough to get at the cooler and involved dismantling almost every part of the laptop until they just decided to give up and get a new laptop. The person in the video tutorial they were following cut themselves in the process on some sharp metal and was super tense about shocking themselves. So if hp laptops are easy to repair now, that’s a nice change
Re: Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
#3I didn’t know hp was in good standing on ifixit. I know somebody who had a good hp laptop once where the thermal paste dried up. It was a dangerous day long process to get the thing open enough to get at the cooler and involved dismantling almost every part of the laptop until they just decided to give up and get a new laptop. The person in the video tutorial they were following cut themselves in the process on some…
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Re: Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
#4For me it's Dell's Xps Laptops.
My colleagues and I have some and they are always broken.
We got replacements for the screen, fans (so many broken fans...), motherboard, docking Station, battery (swelled),... Don't by it!
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#5Lenovo.
Or let's put it like this:
The hardware works but the software isn't getting updated so despite the hardware still working the tablet is unusable.
Same with Samsung or really any smartphone or tablet.
It's all built to fail so you have to spend another absurd amount of money on the next thing 4 years later.
Re: Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
#6For me it's Dell's Xps Laptops. My colleagues and I have some and they are always broken. We got replacements for the screen, fans (so many broken fans...), motherboard, docking Station, battery (swelled),... Don't by it!
I have experienced the same. What did you move to? Everyone seems to recommend XPS, especially for linux support.
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#7We are buying old E series Dell ... used :) much better and Intel did not do anything anyway in the last 5 years.
Re: Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
#8For me it's Dell's Xps Laptops. My colleagues and I have some and they are always broken. We got replacements for the screen, fans (so many broken fans...), motherboard, docking Station, battery (swelled),... Don't by it!
I have experienced the same. What did you move to? Everyone seems to recommend XPS, especially for linux support.
I would want to know this as well, latest Thinkpads are not as user serviceable anymore, Lenovo said they will support Linux on some models. I wish Panasonic Toughbook 55 were officially supporting Linux, that's a great looking modular machine.
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#9Is there any kind of quality long term data available on this topic? I believe self-reported data isn't too reliable in this field as many of the listed products are considered to be lifestyle items and status symbols. Consequently, people develop a very emotional relationship towards them which skews the results.
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#10HP Envy. Broken functions right out of the box, no fixes or refunds offered. Battwry drains overnight if no plugged in, touchscreen must be switched off for PC to be useable, etc. Still broken 5 yrs later. Was told on all counts it is user error.