#laptops

Posts tagged #laptops

1. Question

   Which Linux for an 84 year old neighbour who wants email, photos and the footy?

   My neighbour Margaret is 84 and sharp as a tack. Her laptop is a 2017 HP with an i5-7200U and 8GB of RAM, running Windows 10, which stopped getting security updates last October. Windows 11 will not install on it. The shop told her to buy a new laptop. She does not want a new laptop. She wants this one to keep working. What she uses it for: Email (a Gmail account, she uses it in the browser) Photos the grandchildren…

   Graham WhitfieldOct 15, 20265likes9comments

2. Video

   Linus almost crying over a laptop is my whole mood. Mine is ordered, paid for, nobody sent it. Watching this one, then MKBHD's and Mischa van den Burg's 3 month review, before mine shows up. Gwen, this one's for you 🔥

   Trey RobinsonAug 28, 202611likes7comments

3. Article

   This 65W charger died in 6 days. How not to buy the same one

   Quick one, because I'm still mad. 📦 Bought a 65W "GaN" USB-C charger off a marketplace listing for $22. Two ports, tiny, 4.8 stars with 3,000 reviews. Day 6, my laptop stopped charging from it. Day 7 it stopped doing anything at all and it smelled like a hot hair dryer. No fire, no drama, just dead. My own money, and the seller has stopped answering. So here's what I check now, and honestly should have checked…

   Trey RobinsonMay 26, 202630likes8comments