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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 51 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (8 children)

That's not fair! I care! A lot!

Just had to buy a new laptop for new place of employment. It took real time, effort, and care, but I've finally found a recent laptop matching my hardware requirements and sense of aesthetics at a reasonable price, without that hideous copilot button :)

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 6 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Which laptop did you buy if you don't mind sharing?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Decided on this:

Still had some issues under Linux / NixOS a couple of weeks ago (hardware-wise everything worked; but specific programs, esp. Librewolf, will randomly start eating CPU and battery out of nowhere, with what looks like noops. Haven't investigated further, yet.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

sweet, glad to know it generally works with linux. this is available in my part of the world. been shopping around for a personal for-work laptop since my company is stingy. And I plan to move on anyways.

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