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My laptop just died in a cloud of smoke (it went "pshiiittt" died and started to smell like burned electronic components).
I'm having an internal debate.
I already have my personal PC (gaming and video/photo stuff), I have my work PC, and I have my phone.
I use my laptop mostly for consuming content.
Do I need to replace it or can I live without a laptop for a while ?
Angel in my head: pay your debts before spending money on non essential things.
Devil in my head: Get the new laptop.
(Anyone with the M1 MacBook Air ? any thoughts ? )
I'd rather be phishing!
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All I have is a laptop, so you definitely need one! 
When I had a job, my work computer was a laptop, which doubled as my personal computer. This avoided the pain of copying files. If I wanted to do personal stuff at work, or work stuff at home, easy peasy. This setup lasted from the earlier PowerBooks to Windows-based laptops 10 years later. When I joined a startup, I bought my own laptop, which doubled as my work computer.
My phone lives in the car, usually in airplane mode, and is only used for voice and SMS. Yeah, I know. I should legally add -saurus to my name.
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I have never owned a laptop, but I have been tempted several times.
If you mainly use your laptop for consuming content would a Chromecast do the job?
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Fueled By Decaff wrote: If you mainly use your laptop for consuming content would a Chromecast do the job? |
Probably not if I want to watch cat videos outside on the terrasse. 
I'd rather be phishing!
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Ha ha! Oops, I was thinking of the Chromebook. That is a little bit more portable.
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Since you differentiate between consumption and presumably production, have you considered a tablet?
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This kind of happened to me awhile back. My sons laptop died. I had a butt kicker 2 in 1 travel laptop that I loved. I gave it to him because I didn't really 'need' it. I have a work 2 in 1 but I always before tried to keep work stuff on work stuff and personal stuff on personal stuff. With the work lappy now. I have an SD card (256gb) that I put all my personal stuff on. and the work stuff is well on the harddrive. It works for me. but I found a Samsung S7 Tablet and I freaking love that thing for consuming cat videos on the interwebs.
Funny thing is. I absolutely refused to ever go to bookedFace on the new tablet. I dont' want that virus infecting it. I will go there on my work lappy on occasion. But not on the tablet. It stays pristine. Also, I have RDP, and VPN setup on the tablet. I can actually do my full job from that tablet. Seriously. It is so nice.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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A compromise:
Don't by stuff like Maximilien wrote: M1 MacBook Air
an iAnythng and that alone may keep you within some budget (or would have kept your debts down, at least).
That being said, you can never have too many computers. If all else fails, getting something like a Raspberry Pi 4 and connecting it to your TV is exceptionally inexpensive.
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You'll be fine without spending the money.
If something happens to your personal PC, can you afford to replace it after buying a laptop?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I see MacBook and I run in the opposite direction ... but "Air" ... (smell without flaming punk) ... have you ever tried to replace burned out capacitors using a soldering iron and a few YouTube video tutorials?
Might save some money in the long run. Waste of time if you lack dexterity.
modified 9-Apr-21 17:16pm.
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RedDk wrote: have you ever tried to replace burned out capacitors using a soldering iron and a few YouTube video tutorials?
Only on my keyboard.
Also, keyboard worth 1/4th of the PC I bought. So, we was very motivated.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It's fun right?
Of course I probably spent a small fortune on gas motoring around to find the proper capacitance capacitors.
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Fun isn't the same as responsible.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Just ue any old flux capacitor you have laying around.
My motto, "Flux it".
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Don't spend money on a Mac anything.
Just buy a *cheap* laptop, almost any modern one will do to consume content. Run Windows or the Ubuntu of your choice. This will solve your content consuming needs at a bargain price.
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My question is why did you let the magic smoke out? 
As for replacing the laptop, I find a high end laptop is sufficient for almost anything you need to do. Just get one with a 4GHz processor and not one of the 1.8GHz processors.
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Why get an anything at all, if he has all the devices to replace the function??
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Er... for the same reason the functionality was replicated in the first case.
Wouldn't that be the obvious answer? 
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enhzflep wrote: Wouldn't that be the obvious answer?
Might be cultural, but no. Not obvious.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Prince Consort to HM Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip has died aged 99.
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I just read the news. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Now a good conspiracy theorist might have you believe he was murdered so the queen doesn't have to spend time writing him a letter next month.
Buy hey... that's probably definitely not true. 
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