Laptop Experience
By wendy
@wendyy (33)
United States
June 14, 2023 12:41am CST
Hi everyone, generally speaking I am more use to microsoft laptops. I would like to know though what is your experience with certain brands? Do you recommend one more than another? My main question would be how long do they on average last for you to enjoy before ultimately you need to switch?
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
14 Jun 23
Many many years ago I would hear the phrase, "once you go Mac, you'll never go back." I was a Microsoft user back then. My very first desktop computer was HP then my laptop was Toshiba and then I switch to Sony Vaio. I never understood what the phrase really meant until I decided to give up on my Sony Vaio and bought a MacBook Pro. That's when I understood what the phrase meant and since then I never went back to using a Microsoft computer. When my MacBook Pro turned 5 years old, I switched to the latest MacBook Pro.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
@moffittjc I don't even know how to use a windows computer anymore.
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@moffittjc (119233)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jun 23
I agree with you. I had often heard the same thing too. I finally made the switch to Mac, and I will never go back to other brands of laptops.
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@wendyy (33)
• United States
15 Jun 23
Hi Toni, I have thought of doing so to but for one reason or another I have not. I use the numeric keypad a lot and would prefer it to be included in the keyboard. I also noticed they removed the USB option. I inquired about customizing but they stated they don't do so. lol
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@DaddyEvil (137195)
• United States
14 Jun 23
I've always bought Microsoft laptops and desktops. I have had several tablets running Android programming and prefer Android phones.
My laptops and desktops last around 8 years before I have to either reprogram them or buy a new device. (I still have two laptops that are running Win7 and one laptop that is running Win8.1 that can't be upgraded any further. They still work fine but I rarely use them anymore.)
One of the laptops is a NetBook that is over 10 years old. One laptop is an HP and is 8 years old. My current laptop is about 1 year old and it's an HP, as well.
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@wendyy (33)
• United States
15 Jun 23
Hi DE, I have had a few laptops that last some years but then they start running slow and can not be upgraded to the newer versions. I am hoping to upgrade to the newest windows home system. The laptop I recall that lasted the longest was a Sony Vaio after that my HP probably went three years before it just gets stuck a lot and I cant do much with it. I am using a Lenovo Chromebook currently but it has some delays and doesn't load some pages properly idk why lol.
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@DaddyEvil (137195)
• United States
15 Jun 23
@wendyy Older laptops had to have the programming cleaned every couple of months to keep them running at top speed. As a person uses them, they get broken links or messed up code from use.
How old is the Chromebook? And how much storage does it have that is still unused?
@wendyy (33)
• United States
15 Jun 23
@DaddyEvil I think I have had this one maybe three years. It was given to me so it may have been used prior not sure how much. It says it has 6.6 GB. 3.7 GB is in use.
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@moffittjc (119233)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jun 23
I prefer Apple products, and had a MacBook Pro laptop for nearly a dozen years. Never had any issues with it.
@moffittjc (119233)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jun 23
@wendyy A Mac is very expensive compared to other laptops.
@wendyy (33)
• United States
15 Jun 23
@moffittjc Oh yes that's another one of the reasons I also want a lot of memory and a numeric keypad lol
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@BabeSays (8576)
• Mauritius
14 Jun 23
I had a dell which I used for 10 years no problem at all just I sold it now because It's ram is 4gb only. Dell make pretty good laptop. Which getting a new laptop please make sure it has at lest 8GB or more.
