/feels/ - Advice & Venting

they are too busy having sex to think about the intricacies of consumerist behavior and saving money or whatever

thinkpads are just better

>>122992
>they are too busy having sex to think about the intricacies of consumerist behavior and saving money or whatever

a few might be busy having sex. i've seen one cutie prance around today, bathing in male attention and her hips were shaking so wide while walking that i was surprised she even moved forwards and not just side to side. but most are tricked into this idea that a better life waits for them in the future and they need to be strict and concentrated to reach it. my guess is there is not as much sex going on in reality as in your imagination.

so for them there is no excuse not to think about the intricacies because consumer culture surrounds you. it would be odd to consider yourself an intellectual and never wonder about it.

i chuckle at you using the term "save money" because it is built on top of layers of illusion. this makes me wonder if you "save money" in one area of your life to spend more in another area of your life, which is rather utility maximizing behavior. if you only need 10% of the money to pay for something, why would you not just work something that pays 90% less and have a better life because that job would be less cruel, inhumane and disgusting? if the stuff you buy costs less, then you don't have to prostitute yourself on the jobmarket as hard.

i guess you have too much sex to think that far.

>>122993
>thinkpads are just better

what's the downside? what is it that the thinkpad can't do that the 1500€ instagram machine can do? being a status symbol? but i don't even believe my worth is tied to material objects. i get when someone who is a believer in status symbols wants expensive things to show off and impress others, but what about everyone else?

>>122996
well, you can't be an intellectual and know EVERYTHING. you will whether you want it or not specialize and focus on different parts of life
you can't expect everyone to sink as much time as you do on your computer hobbies and feeling superior over this is silly. that was kinda the point of my post. most people just need a working nice looking shitbox at the end of the day and nobody except /g/ autistics cares about how optimized their choice of a laptop is.

>>123001
>well, you can't be an intellectual and know EVERYTHING. you will whether you want it or not specialize and focus on different parts of life

so you're an expert on what is possible, oh how lucky i am to be in your presence wise one.

>you can't expect everyone to sink as much time as you do on your computer hobbies

i did spend a lot of time on it recently but that is only because i met cool people who studied programming and they helped me just with a few details and i am upgrading technology in my life. they were helpful and i found out a lot myself and instantly found ways to help the people around me. this was beautiful community action, it was not a "sink of time" it was me living my best life plus uplifting others along the way.

>and feeling superior over this is silly.

so finding better ways of doing things, that's bad and you don't want that? go it. very important detail about your identity on an anonymous imageboard; important character building right there! no nonsense person detected, better nobody try anything funny around you or they gonna get it!

>that was kinda the point of my post.

if you say so 🙄.

>most people just need a working nice looking shitbox at the end of the day and nobody except /g/ autistics cares about how optimized their choice of a laptop is.

most people just need a nice looking knife to cut their apples at the end of the day, who cares if it is sharp, only people who actually work care about a tool that helps get the job done because normal people are busy having sex.

>>123006
oh ok

>>123018
what's g?

>>122991
>intelligent
>university
LOL
What a joke
Keep in mind that having a decent laptop does not absolve you from being a retarded normie (which you probably are). You're probably just desperate to separate yourself from the crowd that you know you're a part of.

My bf bought one of those expensive gaming laptop while already having a beefy pc. I don't think I've seen him actually play anything on it and every other week he's complaining that something's wrong with it.

>>123038
>Keep in mind that having a decent laptop does not absolve you from being a retarded normie

😱 oh thank god you came spiderman, people were beginning to forget but luckily you came and saved the day. no forgetting on your watch and if anyone tries something funny with you, they're gonna get it.

>>123039
from the outside to me it looks like people are more or less tricked into these dedicated game computers that turn out to create a lot of headache when simpler solutions exist. i guess you'd have to be conscious of what you really need it for, what you really want and how much you really end up using it; which is all hard to tell beforehand. if those aspects are known to be able to find simple self-tailored ways of approaching it. i guess usually the aspects aren't known and trusting the market instead of buying preowned can turn out to be mistake more often then not.

The used laptop market in Finland has gone to shit after everyone started buying them. I personally use a t430 that i got for 180€ from a used laptop markets outlet, which is an outrageous price for a laptop from 2012 that cannot run Windows.

I wish normies would go back to buying shitty market pcs and leave the used business laptops for people who actually need them for engineering homework.

>>123043
Forgot to add: can't even buy a laptop from elsewhere other than maybe Sweden as Europeans are such special snowflakes that basically every country has their own standard for keyboards to accommidate for special letters such as the åäö in both finnish and swedish

>>123043

i finally looked into something i saw the young people use a few times: portable monitors. not sure how long this has been going on but i just found out about it yesterday. turns out there are these new kind of monitors that use very little electricity, so little that they can be powered with usb so you can use a powerbank to power them…

>>123043
…and then there are these new kind of mini pcs. i have not looked into them yet but my guess is that there are probably some that are also quite efficient and maybe some can be easily powered by usb too.

>>123043
here you can see one of those mini pcs attached to the backside of a monitor. does look good to me.

>>123043

Finland here is why i am spamming you with this:

if you have a portable monitor, a portable mini-pc and you have a powerbank that you use to power them both then all you need to turn this into a laptop is a suitcase. just find a way to attach everything and you have a laptop, probably one that is better then a boring normie laptop.

>>123044

>basically every country has their own standard for keyboards to accommidate for special letters such as the åäö

no problem at all, just use a regular keyboard in the size you like in your language and attach it with usb and put in the suitcase.

and then when you find one you like more, you can just switch it out as long as it fits in the case, so no more being stuck with a keyboard you don't like.

this clear one does look nice to me though i think i'd prefer something a bit more elegant and inconspicuous in a nice rounder case or bag that matches my favorite outfit. i think the idea is fun to carry something around that doesn't look like a laptop and then turns out to be one.

so far i have not found a mini-pc that can be powered by usb directly.

i know there are singleboard computers like the raspberry pi that can be powered by usb easily but my guess would be they are probably too weak for a lot of users and for that low performance the price isn't all that affordable.

maybe a better approach would be to search for a used machine: a more modern laptop that can be powered by usb but has a broken screen so can be bought quite affordibly and then put this into the suitcase with the portable monitor.

i dunno, just brainstorming here, trying to give Finland some inspiration. i'm glad i have the one from the op but i'm keeping an eye out for nice briefcases and suitcases just in cases something happens to it. the older i get, the bigger of a screen i appreciate. i notice they sell portable screen as big as 24inch so maybe a bigger travel suitcase😅. imagine me stepping into the library with a suitcase and then popping it open to reveal the largest laptop you have ever seen 🤣

heh i chuckled at this. but to have this in laptopshape seems silly to me. this might be the [biggest] laptop but not the [biggest actually pleasant to use in the real world] laptop. i rather have it in a suitcase that has wheels so i can easily bring it with me by rolling it around.

now that's what i'm talking about. i wouldn't have build it inside this boring briefcase but i like the idea. i think i rather have this over a normal laptop.

something like that but in a case i like. i have to go to bed now, good luck Finland!

I have a 15yo x220 I still use for drawing (:

>>123060
i have not found a tablet for ebook reading that i could stand for almost a decade now. probably i should just try to find a x220 with the nice reversible touchscreen instead and call it a day.

>>123070
>just try to find a x220t

turns out those aren't easy to find😅

>>123092
kek

>>123092
🥳😆 i wish i knew more tech like that. old, cheap, sturdy, reliable, mostly self-repairable. too bad they don't make water kettles, juicers and blenders like that.