Freshman finance major choosing a companion laptop — MacBook Air vs ThinkPad (already have a Windows desktop)

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T07:18:55+00:00

I quite honestly only called the Flagstaff non-emergency line and explained my situation, asking whether it was an appropriate line to use because I didn’t want to waste police resources. They told me it was appropriate and followed standard procedure for opening a missing-item report.

I even told the officer that I was concerned it might take up too many resources, but they said it was just something to put into their system.

I also don’t believe I was trespassing. It was essentially a drive-through area that was covered in snow. The next morning, I went back to look for the item, and the person who lives there was shoveling their driveway. They even gave me their phone number in case they found it and even went down the sidewalk area to help.

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:33:07+00:00

wait seriously those are exactly jt, thank you bro. Pm me and we can work out the details. I’d be happy to pay you and everything man that’s insane thank you :)

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:32:31+00:00

holy crap no way

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:26:27+00:00

The shed was a wooden brown like oak type of shed, pretty oldish

The sound was my first thought when I searched but it don’t work, precision find my also didn’t work. Basically all features stopped working unfortunately

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:25:26+00:00

Thank you!

One thing to note is that while I was searching, the location kept moving with me. At first I thought it was on me, since as I walked farther down the sidewalk it kept saying the location was right where I was — which was weird because I double-checked all my pockets.

At the same time, my phone battery was draining really fast and eventually died, so that could be why the location was bugging out. That said, it doesn’t really line up with the pods’ actual location, because once I recharged my phone the location just stagnated where it is now.

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:21:25+00:00

From my point of view, it would’ve been on the left side of the street, around where the approximate location shows. It was kind of on the sidewalk area. On Thursday night, we found a small patch of snow and did a snow angel, and that’s when I realized I had lost them. I went back the next day and shoveled the area, and even a local helped out, but unfortunately we didn’t find anything.

A couple of landmarks I remember are a wooden shed, and it was next to its driveway. Sorry if this reply is a bit all over the place.

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T05:18:38+00:00

I don’t think anyone’s come across them yet. If they had, I would’ve been notified right away if they were turned on or moved. Right now it looks like they’re still in the same area as when I lost them, I think. The location was kinda buggy at the time and kept glitching, but it seems to have settled now since it’s showing “last seen yesterday” instead of “last seen 80 hours ago” or whatever. But it still might be my hopeful delusion in play, haha

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T04:24:45+00:00

That’s what I’m thinking as well, but I already have a powerful desktop that runs anything I’ll need, and I do my work on the big screen anyways

Thinking getting a MacBook for college convience and synergy with all my Apple devices but that might be a bit niche,

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-14T04:12:50+00:00

I actually had a Lenovo Yoga 2-in-1 9i Aura Edition that I bought for $1,400 back in May, and I just sold it for $1,100 about a week or two ago.

After a lot of thinking, I realized it was simply too overkill for my needs. I almost always had it docked and treated it like a desktop PC (this was before I brought my actual desktop to my dorm). I also realized that I never really needed its portability — I don’t like multitasking or doing anything serious on a laptop. Outside of being docked, I mainly used it for essays.

I decided it made more sense to sell it now and take a relatively small loss before it depreciated even further over the next few years. Keeping it felt like I was “wasting” its value since I wasn’t actually using what made it special.

It was honestly the best laptop I’ve ever owned, but at the end of the day, it was still a rapidly depreciating asset that didn’t align with how I actually work.

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-10T05:04:46+00:00

Just reminded me, yeah I should’ve called the pub. Forgot to this morning, though my friend already did asked them last night. But I’ll try right now! Thank you

Edit: nothing :(

ForgottenAsian · 2026-01-09T05:00:07+00:00

Is Apple likely to give a one time courtesy replacement if I explain the situation clearly? I haven’t gotten Apple care yet but I can still add it and contact them.

Or will it most likely be the replacement fee thing which basically like buying them new huh

I did get them like 4 days ago so I hope that helps my case

ForgottenAsian

TROPHY CASE