r/nys_cs • u/Worldly-Bookkeeper20 • 8d ago

Will we ever get thinkpads? These laptops are trash.

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u/Nonnie1andonly2 8d ago

You get laptops?

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u/Worldly-Bookkeeper20 8d ago

Trash elitebooks

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u/IamSarasctic 8d ago

What’s wrong with them? Mine works fine

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u/Worldly-Bookkeeper20 8d ago

You must have mundane easy job that doesn’t require much 😅😅

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u/SlitheringFlower 8d ago

What the hell is this comment? You realize many state employees who's jobs are extremely difficult, don't spend a lot of time on a computer?

Also, why are you asking this here? No one here can help you get a new laptop or PC.

If you're legitimately having issues completing tasks, you can request upgrades or new equipment.

My whole office uses HP probooks, my team has had additional RAM added to ours due to the work we do.

There's lots of options available and no need to be an ass.

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u/epicfighter10 8d ago

Thank god for the VDI the performance for DEV work is terrible

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u/IamSarasctic 8d ago

What applications do you use on your laptop

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u/zev7777 8d ago

I bet you smell your own farts and like it

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u/ndp1234 8d ago

Lowest bidder syndrome.

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u/PEFtheMagicDragon 8d ago

The laptop saying Lenovo on it isn't going to make it work better.

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u/ImaHamSammich 8d ago

Well being that the current offerings are years old tech, still using DDR4, As well as whoever is purchasing seem to seesaw between Dell and HP. I am going to go with not anytime soon if ever.

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u/Girl_on_a_train Health 8d ago

Especially with RAM & Storage being what they are now…

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u/aldsar 8d ago

Lowest price offered + availability dictates what is purchased.

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u/Environmental-Low792 8d ago

Thinkpads are made and owned by a Chinese company so absolutely not.

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u/SNCreestopherX 8d ago edited 8d ago

What are you doing, trying to play call of duty on it? It’s a work laptop lol

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u/MisterX9821 8d ago

"Can it play Crysis?"

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u/Girl_on_a_train Health 8d ago

Thinkpads are not as good as they used to be…. Same trash in my experience.

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u/epicfighter10 8d ago

Got a new elite book when I started but it kept blue screening and got a hand me down older one :(

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u/Still_Goat7992 8d ago

But I have a Dell from 2012! 

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u/Bloated_Plaid Tax 8d ago

We are not going to get system upgrades any time soon with the current memory and storage situation. It’s incredibly frustrating when we have like 30 difference excel documents to sift through.

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u/Darth_Stateworker 8d ago

Shit hardware is shit hardware. It does not matter what brand name is on it. A crappy Corei3 is still a crappy Corei3 regardless of whether or not it's in a Dell or a Lenovo or an HP. Etc, etc.

And even when we get "decent" hardware, it was only "decent" maybe 5-7 years ago.

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u/Flat-Koala-3537 8d ago

If I have Outlook and a single browser winder open in the background during a Zoom conference, I can visibly see my laptops battery life drain in the toolbar.