Unless, of course, you are chasing the latest innovations for one reason or another.
Advertisement
We will buy on the secondary market, since I see no point in spending three or four times more money if you can get it cheaper. In addition, some well-established laptop models that were 8-12 years ago are better than what is on sale now. That’s the paradox.
Next, there are tips, emotions, and a personal story on choosing and buying the laptop you need.
A new old laptop. How do I buy a great laptop with my hands?
Complaints about my Aseg netbook: the main working tool should be the best for me
Until the beginning of 2023, I continued to use a good 2012 Acer Aspire One netbook (756 is the latest model, then they were no longer produced). Naturally, he was no longer the one who came out of the factory. RAM was increased from 2 GB to 8 GB, and Windows 7 was irrevocably replaced by the popular Linux product Ubuntu, and then by Xubuntu.
But I still couldn’t put an internal SSD drive instead of HDD. It didn’t work correctly, apparently, no one just counted on it when they assembled it. I didn’t want to waste time on experiments anymore, so I stayed with the HDD. He worked quite smartly, but not instantly either. But the desire to try SSD remains somewhere, especially since all new computers are already coming with it. Somehow it hurt.
