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What factors do you consider when trying to purchase something that isn't a meme?
I'm stuck between choice of laptops, but I'm not sure which of thinkpads, chromebooks, and macbooks are a meme
>>55436903
1. Can it work with free software
2. Does it please me aesthetically
3. Build quality
4. Price
i explicitly do not consider /g/'s opinion as to whether its a "meme"
>>55436903
All three of those are a meme, especially think pads. I use a newer Lenovo Edge. I would suggest getting one of those.
>>55436944
I have a lenovo ideapad already (and it's great), but I don't want to dual boot or vm another laptop for linux/os x, and macbooks and chromebooks look the best in that regards. Still though, /g/ says thinkpads are great and cheaper than chromebooks if you want a slightly less smooth linux environment
>>55436983
Think pads are a straight up /g/ troll. Macs are overpriced, and ChromeBooks go out of their way to prevent you from installing anything else on them, plus they tend to be highly under-powered.
>>55436903
Power and performance.
So I usually end up with high end consumer laptops with good cooling and price/performance.
I considered business laptops for build quality, but then realized it's useless for me since I'm not a mongoloid retard that drops laptops on a weekly basis.
>>55436903
1. Decide on powerlevel
>discrete gpu or igpu? 6W, 15W or 45W processor?
2. Decide on form factors
> numpad? 13" or 15"? Aluminum/Carbon fiber/polymer?
3. Decide on other nice to have things
>higher than 1080p resolution? thunderbolt connection? trackpoint? touchscreen?
Then list the products that fits my criteria. At that point its really not hard to choose from 3 or so laptops, but if you cant, add extra criteria till they are filtered out.
>>55437471
Same goes for phones, printers, watches, cars, and every technology really. Just define your requirements and there will be a single product best for your use case. Just keep in mind though, "Im an eingineering student who also play gaymes what lap is best?" is not a set amount of criteria.
Maybe I shout WHORE WHORE
There are no sensible laptop buys right now
When the next rMBP is released later this year it will be the only good laptop
>>55437513
>macshit
>good laptop
