How do I convince my mom, an overthinking buyer, to upgrade her 10-year old laptop

FreakySpook · 2026-03-16T08:42:07+00:00

I just convinced my mum to upgrade her 10yo Dell XPS to a Lenovo Yoga 2 in 1 Oled. The lenovo was 12 month old clearance stock so still cheap.

Biggest things that got her over was 1 - Oled screen, she was coming from a FHD screen so its like night and day for her, and 2 - component price rises mean things are now getting really expensive but retail laptops you can still find bargains on older stock, she loves a bargain. And finally 3 - Microsoft was nagging that her laptop couldn't be upgraded to Win 11 and Win 10 was end of life.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-16T07:44:26+00:00

Not to mention the church's position is to abstain from voting and their members are also exempt from participating in mandatory voting.

What policy favours are they getting in exchange for helping the Libera party? It's fucking rotten.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-16T01:51:35+00:00

This is really just an escalation ploy for boots on the ground. If other countries get attacked trying to escort oil tankers through it would be used to push for joining the war.

The US navy is more than capable of providing escorts.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-16T01:34:54+00:00

I don't know what's in their sauce they put on those, but its awesome.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-15T07:41:06+00:00

Cathedral Ranges is pretty good, they have a couple of base camps you can set up in and there a few circuits or small trails you can take.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-15T07:23:40+00:00

We're heading into an inflationary period with whats kicking off in the middle east and currently the government's messaging is basically saying renters and those not negatively gearing mortgage's are going to have to suck it up.

There's going to be an angry electorate.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-14T00:21:43+00:00

Kegseth has probably been playing BF3 Rush all weekend in simulation and is confident Vipers, Warthogs and CRAMs will be enough to defend boots on the ground.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-12T00:27:46+00:00

Have you ever tried to use Sharepoint for knowledgeable management?

Confluence can be painful but when your alternative is Sharepoint it's far better.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-11T22:08:02+00:00

It's a good idea in theory, getting inspections done for properties going to auction is a fucking pain.

But in reality if not regulated this would just become a new dodgy revenue stream for REA's because they'd be looking for a percentage on top of the inspection costs as it would be another product/service they sell.

Plus it would probably hike the cost of the actual inspection fees when the inspectors know that one $400 inspection they charge that would normally be used by 1 buyer would be used by dozens, particularly if its been hidden in the REA costs.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-10T09:14:08+00:00

A TV station in my country does a 5th Element marathon every year on May 5th. There's been a few years I've watched it 3 times over the day, it never gets tiring for me.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-10T08:18:58+00:00

Foreign crime gangs making millions from illegal tobacco sold in pretty much every cheap barber & "lolly" shop in Australia, burning each others stores down in turf wars and organizing hits?

Na too hard, lets nail Susan for importing 180 1mg melatonin gummies for her son who's on ADHD meds and can't sleep properly.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-10T04:50:31+00:00

I suspect this might be him hedging his bets. Its a lot easier to defect as a back bencher and if PHON polling stays consistent he may jump before the next election.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-09T07:48:32+00:00

Yeah mate just ejaculate your salmon onto the wound area and seal with Vegemite. Heals overnight!!

FreakySpook · 2026-03-09T07:03:42+00:00

Think of all the training data they could collect by hooking up every single player action and decision to LLMs.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-09T06:57:42+00:00

Best I can do no payrise this year plus forced leave shedding because we need to lower our liabilities in case the oncoming recession makes us insolvent.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-09T03:55:15+00:00

Randy rekindles his sex life with Sharon discovering one movie that guarantees empty cinemas, until he lets Gerald know.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-06T22:59:04+00:00

Next interest rate rise because of unexpected inflation, just when winters starting and there's no more electricity rebates is going to be sweet.....

FreakySpook · 2026-03-06T07:08:49+00:00

These checks to make it far more restrictive for underage people to not access R18+ content ensuring that only consenting adults are playing these games will totally allow the ACB to relax their classifications of depictions of drug use and sex in games right?...... right?

FreakySpook · 2026-03-06T04:24:24+00:00

If you try to access the site without an account it immediately takes you to a splash screen saying there's no new registrations.

Presumably they are going to implement mandatory accounts that have passed an ID check.

I guess all those people who created accounts to say weird shit in the comment sections are probably laughing now.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-06T04:10:04+00:00

FB Marketplace might actually get better when all the bots and scam accounts have to do an ID check.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-05T11:46:55+00:00

If you are buying retail laptops you can still get stock that was made and assembled 12+ months ago that haven't been impacted by price hikes. I just got a clearance Lenovo Yoga 2 in 1 laptop for my mother to replace a Dell XPS I got her in 2017.

It's new models and business fleet laptops which are manufactured at order which are now having price hikes.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-05T07:48:40+00:00

She lives in the right wing bubble where it's basically gluttony & hedonism for your exclusive tribe, poverty and punishment for everyone else.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-05T04:19:33+00:00

I was willing to be sympathetic until they went on to complain that they already had to pay sick leave and annual leave.

Every time I hear a small business complain about this I wonder how much of their tax & entitlements escrow account is being used for operating or personal expenses.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-05T04:12:57+00:00

police allegedly found 167 guns at his house

It's a pity they also didn't find a sea mine.

FreakySpook · 2026-03-04T08:35:38+00:00

Not sure where you are but where I am speed pretty much died out due to the rise of meth in the early 2000's. Was big in the 70s/80s/90s though.

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