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A new old laptop. How do I buy a great laptop with my hands?

by Anna Dalton

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The monitor I had on the last Aseg was glossy. Here’s an example of cheapening: glossy ones are easier to produce, but they look kind of fashionable. For comfortable operation, you need a matte screen. Many experienced users will confirm this.

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I haven’t really liked Hubuntu lately either. Yes, it was lighter than Ubuntu, that is, it worked faster — it loaded less RAM. But in some moments it lacked functionality, there were some minor glitches. I decided to install Ubuntu again. Moreover, the computer will be generally “nimble” (RAM and SSD drives).

Well, in the end, the quality level of the Aseg netbook was still budgetary, which is something to hide. I wanted to try something a little different, just not Apple products, which I was already a little familiar with, but I was also not satisfied with it for a number of reasons. In addition, the appearance of Aseg was slightly spoiled with scotch tape, this is a separate story.

Looking ahead, I chose the Lenovo THINKPAD X220i 2013. This is a business series (X) of proven laptops. Until 2005, these computers were manufactured under the IBM brand, and then the business was bought by the Chinese and received a new name. In general, their history begins as early as 1992.

As a result, there were enough reasons, and I studied the secondary market on a well-known site.

A new old laptop. How do I buy a great laptop with my hands?

We choose, bypass the pitfalls, buy the right one, save money
For interest, of course, I looked at what is on sale in the store. Everything more or less decent cost 30-40 thousand rubles, which was a pity to spend. What was sold for 20 thousand rubles, I was no longer satisfied. And I won’t say anything about an Apple worth 100 thousand and above.