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woodsprite

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8. I prefer building our own systems and running Linux,

Reply to Egnever (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 28, 2017, 04:01 PM

Nov 2017

but he wanted a laptop and from personal experience, Apple products tend to age better. One thing we weren't that happy with was that Apple now has done away with their USB ports on their laptops. Instead, they've moved to USB-C, which mean he needs to use a dongle/adapter to use his thumb drives or plug his iPhone in to sync.

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HP quietly installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs [View all] steve2470 Nov 2017 OP

Hp's should be avoided period. Egnever Nov 2017 #1

We just bought our son an Apple rather than an HP or Dell. woodsprite Nov 2017 #2

I have other issues with apple and they are not on the top of the list for dependability Egnever Nov 2017 #3

do you build laptops too ? steve2470 Nov 2017 #4

No building laptops is pretty much impossible Egnever Nov 2017 #5

thanks! steve2470 Nov 2017 #11

I prefer building our own systems and running Linux, woodsprite Nov 2017 #8

Kickin' to bookmark. Faux pas Nov 2017 #6

my pleasure! nt steve2470 Nov 2017 #7

Thanks for sharing. dgibby Nov 2017 #9

one strategy is to check your computer daily or weekly steve2470 Nov 2017 #10