The Thinkpad T460 i bought 9 years ago was passed on to a family member after a couple years and is still in use. I don’t know how that’s wasteful.
If I had bought a Framework I would have bought a new mainboard and I can’t pass a mainboard on, I can’t use it as a cheap home server. The old mainboard would have been electronic waste.
Wait, why wouldn’t you 3D print (or order) the official mainboard enclosure and use it as a cheap home server? You could at least sell it or pass it along to someone else who would.
i don’t have a 3D printer. granted there’s a cooler master mainboard case but it’s 45€ and i would still have to add at least four expansion cards for 85€ (ethernet, 2x usb-c, hdmi) a power adapter for 120€ and mass storage (maybe even some ram modules if i can reuse the old ones). at that point i’m running a bill for turning that mainboard into a server where i could just buy a new dedicated one.
I have an XPS 13 9370. It’s still chugging along great on Linux. No real slowdowns. Drives an external 4k monitor with no lag or issues. Like you, I’ve had to replace the battery… 2-4 times by now. A $30 battery every 2 years seems like a pretty reasonable price to keep this champ running. It looks like the framework may be my next laptop though. I’ve been watching them for a while now. That or system 76.
The Thinkpad T460 i bought 9 years ago was passed on to a family member after a couple years and is still in use. I don’t know how that’s wasteful.
If I had bought a Framework I would have bought a new mainboard and I can’t pass a mainboard on, I can’t use it as a cheap home server. The old mainboard would have been electronic waste.
Wait, why wouldn’t you 3D print (or order) the official mainboard enclosure and use it as a cheap home server? You could at least sell it or pass it along to someone else who would.
i don’t have a 3D printer. granted there’s a cooler master mainboard case but it’s 45€ and i would still have to add at least four expansion cards for 85€ (ethernet, 2x usb-c, hdmi) a power adapter for 120€ and mass storage (maybe even some ram modules if i can reuse the old ones). at that point i’m running a bill for turning that mainboard into a server where i could just buy a new dedicated one.
The XPS 13 I bought like eight years ago will eventually turn to dust just… Watching YouTube videos on my desk.
The battery died five years back so I replaced it.
Dell emailed me to tell me that Windows 10 was out of support, I’ve had Linux on it for years now.
I also have an EeePC.
I have an XPS 13 9370. It’s still chugging along great on Linux. No real slowdowns. Drives an external 4k monitor with no lag or issues. Like you, I’ve had to replace the battery… 2-4 times by now. A $30 battery every 2 years seems like a pretty reasonable price to keep this champ running. It looks like the framework may be my next laptop though. I’ve been watching them for a while now. That or system 76.