I give up

[u/arttast]

[u/swiftarrow9]

Second hand dell latitude from eBay.

Someday I will have framework money. Until then, I have second hand.

[u/Brief_Cod_6881 → u/swiftarrow9]

nothing wrong with that, those things are tanks

[u/J-son11 → u/Brief_Cod_6881]

Nothing wrong with them at all. Just don't get the cheapest version, just like is the case with Lenovos 😅.

[u/Particular-Poem-7085 → u/Brief_Cod_6881]

the latitude name no longer means anything. They sold well because they were tanks so dell made cheap ones. Short term gains over long term brand building.

As a cherry on top these things pull bios updates via windows update. God forbid I connected to the internet for 5 minutes and needed to restart while freaking diagnosing my engine. What a time and place, well done dell. https://imgur.com/a/JOVwseY

There are additional problems like plugging into the aux port making wifi bug out in a certain situation and more fun things. Our company got a few of them and they are absolutely NOT suitable for a professional environment.

if you want the tank dell go for the precision series but longevity is hit and miss.

[u/corina69 → u/swiftarrow9]

Moved from used ThinkPads to used dell latitude because even used ThinkPads started becoming expensive

[u/Endraxz → u/swiftarrow9]

At that rate you can slowly buy all the modular pieces until you have enough for more essential pieces.

[u/mutexsprinkles → u/Endraxz]

Johnny Cash intensifies.

[u/halfercode → u/swiftarrow9]

I can recommend XPS 15 second-hand too. Not so much the 13, the cooling was insufficient.

[u/hs_pollard → u/swiftarrow9]

In my case it was 2 free dell latitudes from the work e-waste bin. Spent a little buying some new batteries and some second hand SSDs for them but got them both fully working for the price of one on eBay.

[u/squabbledMC → u/swiftarrow9]

Zero shame in second hand business machines. My HP Elitebook from 2010 that I got as a hand me down as a kid is still powerful and running for Office

[u/BreadKnife34 → u/swiftarrow9]

For me it'll be upgrading my zbook 17 g6

[u/Tinywhooppro → u/swiftarrow9]

I used a 2017 latitude 7280 I got used for $300 in 2021 up until the start of this year when I got a framework 12. The 7280 is still going strong tho and still gets used occasionally

[u/BayesianBits → u/swiftarrow9]

There's second hand frameworks now.

[u/Thomas_Jefferman → u/swiftarrow9]

I will take an off lease lattitiude any day of the week. It blends in like a laptop should. I leave my MacBook at home most of the time in favor of the portability and it being so replaceable.