[HN Gopher] Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break dow...
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       Which smartphone, laptop and tablet brands break down the most?
        
       Author : vanpythonista
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2021-01-09 18:05 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | dalu wrote:
       | Lenovo. Or let's put it like this: The hardware works but the
       | software isn't getting updated so despite the hardware still
       | working the tablet is unusable.
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       | Same with Samsung or really any smartphone or tablet.
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       | It's all built to fail so you have to spend another absurd amount
       | of money on the next thing 4 years later.
        
       | hertzrat wrote:
       | I didn't know hp was in good standing on ifixit. I know somebody
       | who had a good hp laptop once where the thermal paste dried up.
       | It was a dangerous day long process to get the thing open enough
       | to get at the cooler and involved dismantling almost every part
       | of the laptop until they just decided to give up and get a new
       | laptop. The person in the video tutorial they were following cut
       | themselves in the process on some sharp metal and was super tense
       | about shocking themselves. So if hp laptops are easy to repair
       | now, that's a nice change
        
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       | szundi wrote:
       | We are buying old E series Dell ... used :) much better and Intel
       | did not do anything anyway in the last 5 years.
        
       | SeriousM wrote:
       | For me it's Dell's Xps Laptops. My colleagues and I have some and
       | they are always broken. We got replacements for the screen, fans
       | (so many broken fans...), motherboard, docking Station, battery
       | (swelled),... Don't by it!
        
         | Engineering-MD wrote:
         | I have experienced the same. What did you move to? Everyone
         | seems to recommend XPS, especially for linux support.
        
           | type0 wrote:
           | I would want to know this as well, latest Thinkpads are not
           | as user serviceable anymore, Lenovo said they will support
           | Linux on some models. I wish Panasonic Toughbook 55 were
           | officially supporting Linux, that's a great looking modular
           | machine.
        
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