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The Laptop That Won’t Die
My $200, 12-year-old Thinkpad has outlasted two high-end Macbooks
That laptop above?
It’s the most indestructible, nonstop, won’t-die computer I’ve ever owned.
Full. Stop.
I’m going to write a whole damn post about it but the tl;dr is …
If you want a modern, sexy, lightweight, high-powered laptop? Go get something pricey from Apple or Microsoft.
But if you want something that’ll cost almost no money and keep working until the sun explodes?
Get an old, used Thinkpad.
Allow me to unpack this …
My hardware tale begins a week ago when I was working on my Macbook Pro.
It’s my main laptop, which I bought in 2017. I needed a machine that a) could run Logic Pro (the finest music-editing software available to humanity), b) had a high-resolution screen for my lousy eyesight, and c) had a 1-terabyte hard drive. It was the only machine that fit the bill.
It was super expensive, but my goal with laptops is to buy something with sufficiently excellent build-quality that it’ll last for years. I also hate e-waste, so I try to fix my laptops to keep them going as long as I can. I bought my first-ever Macbook Pro in 2010…
