• @LichbaneLB
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    10 months ago

    If only life were that simple. Whose laptops am I going to buy?

    Dell: Marks up replacement SSD prices by 10x (including the predatory behaviour of embedding QR codes to these in the bios to be shown in error states)

    Apple: …

    Lenovo: History of installing literal spyware

    Microsoft: Bad products

    • @kidpixo
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      810 months ago

      After decades of Apple I go for Lenovo without OS +Linux nowadays, really good experience.

    • Eochaid
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      510 months ago

      The correct answer to that question is currently Framework.

    • @ZiemekZ
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      19 months ago

      Marks up replacement SSD prices by 10x

      You know you can just pop in a Crucial MX500, right?

      • @LichbaneLB
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        29 months ago

        And I did. The issue is they put in a QR code for their own $800 500 GB SSD in the bios error message for when your SSD breaks.

        My non-technical friend had no idea it’s an obscene price and may have bought it just to get his laptop working.