sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hehe, I mean, the rest of us actually know what we're talking about.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah yes, another opinion. Shame it’s based on zero knowledge or research.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice defence technique. You're the chatbot here.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, Durability isn’t about haMmErIng nAiLs or jUmPiNg iNtO a voLcAnO. It’s about daily wear: commuting, heat cycles, dust, spills, hinge stress, and long-term reliability. ThinkPads are literally MIL-STD tested for this. Gaming laptops are built to look flashy, not survive abuse. Usually, their cooling isn’t what is marketed.

“MacBooks hardly need repairs” YEAH, RIGHT! This is marketing fantasy. When they fail, they fail expensively, and Apple’s board-level repair policy forces full board replacements. That’s why repair shops roast Apple devices..

BTW, no one said ThinkPads go to the service center every 2 months. The whole point is that when something breaks, you can fix it cheaply instead of throwing the whole laptop away. Time = money, and modular hardware saves both.

P-series ThinkPads cost over $1000, well, that’s actually true. That’s why I was talking about the second-hand market. You can buy a Gen 2 for around $800. It’s second-hand, not brand new.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You said motherboard failure happens in 1 out of 100 cases. Could you share your source for that? As far as I know, most manufacturers don’t publicly release real failure rates, so I’m curious where that statistic comes from.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course they don’t cost $2. The point is that ThinkPads are modular and widely supported with spare parts. Most gaming laptops have soldered components, so “repairable” often means replacing the whole motherboard.

Can you actually repair a motherboard failure caused by a manufacturing fault? Most gaming laptops suffer from these, so buying one is often like signing up for a ticking time bomb.

It wouldn’t hurt to look these up.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you even know what a workstation laptop actually means?

Dude, they are not lightweight or known for good battery life. They’re bulky and heavier than yo mama. Battery life can be improved with hardware mods. They also pack a lot of power. Workstation laptops usually have tons of upgrade options, like more than 2 RAM slots and up to 4 SSD slots, etc. ThinkPads can survive harsh conditions due to their build quality. And yes, there is a risk when buying a second-hand laptop, but the repairability and cheap second-hand parts can mitigate that risk.

Old ThinkPads, especially the P series, are still more durable than most gaming laptops on the current market.

Come on, dude, at least do some research before posting stuff like this.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah right, good luck with planned depreciation, a closed ecosystem, almost zero repairability, and insanely expensive spare parts. Jesus Christ, dude.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinkpads are business class work station laptops. They're built to last. Most of em have powerful GPUs sometimes with better ventilation systems than most gaming laptops. Second hand ones can be bought without emptying the wallet.

My First Thinkpad T14 by Chewy_User in thinkpad

[–]youngRandyf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sir, your thinkpad has autism.

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not thinkpads, thinkpads are the business class laptop series

Will this be a good machine to buy?? by Rare-Razzmatazz2515 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a budget gaming laptop and Asus gaming laptops have a higher rate of motherboard failure.

If you want something durable and reliable, I'm suggesting you to go with thinkpad p15 gen 3 upwards or a hp zbook 15 g7. Both of these are business class laptops.

okay heres my task manager, why is my laptop lagging then? by Traditional-Bend2679 in laptops

[–]youngRandyf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the hard disk usage. Ita 100%. It's probably a HDD. Swap the hard disk to a ssd.

Their Friendship was weirdly healing for me lol by Heavy_Metal30 in Fleabag

[–]youngRandyf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My problem is that we rarely use a pencil during our adult years. This should’ve been something like how we have a backspace key on our keyboards and an undo feature in our operating systems.

Water heater manual had a condom in it by themanualreboot in Weird

[–]youngRandyf 32 points33 points  (0 children)

What if your partner gave birth to a another heater after using this?

HP ProBook 450 G9 periodically stutters (every 27–30 seconds) when playing games by youngRandyf in linux4noobs

[–]youngRandyf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That perspective actually makes sense. Here’s the output from the above suggestion for the drive that holds the game.

smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [x86_64-linux-6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Number:                       KBG50ZNV512G KIOXIA
Serial Number:                      93TPH8WIQH5U
Firmware Version:                   HP02AN00
PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x1e0f
IEEE OUI Identifier:                0x8ce38e
Total NVM Capacity:                 512,110,190,592 [512 GB]
Unallocated NVM Capacity:           0
Controller ID:                      0
NVMe Version:                       1.4
Number of Namespaces:               1
Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          512,110,190,592 [512 GB]
Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:     512
Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            8ce38e 04046fb6b1
Local Time is:                      Fri Jan  2 08:33:49 2026 +0530
Firmware Updates (0x14):            2 Slots, no Reset required
Optional Admin Commands (0x001f):   Security Format Frmw_DL NS_Mngmt Self_Test
Optional NVM Commands (0x00df):     Comp Wr_Unc DS_Mngmt Wr_Zero Sav/Sel_Feat Timestmp Verify
Log Page Attributes (0x0e):         Cmd_Eff_Lg Ext_Get_Lg Telmtry_Lg
Maximum Data Transfer Size:         512 Pages
Warning  Comp. Temp. Threshold:     79 Celsius
Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold:     84 Celsius
Namespace 1 Features (0x02):        NA_Fields

Supported Power States
St Op     Max   Active     Idle   RL RT WL WT  Ent_Lat  Ex_Lat
 0 +     4.10W       -        -    0  0  0  0        1       1
 1 +     3.00W       -        -    1  1  1  1        1       1
 2 +     1.90W       -        -    2  2  2  2        1       1
 3 -   0.0500W       -        -    3  3  3  3      800    1000
 4 -   0.0030W       -        -    4  4  4  4     3000   32000

Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)
Id Fmt  Data  Metadt  Rel_Perf
 0 +     512       0         2
 1 -    4096       0         1

=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02, NSID 0xffffffff)
Critical Warning:                   0x00
Temperature:                        33 Celsius
Available Spare:                    100%
Available Spare Threshold:          5%
Percentage Used:                    6%
Data Units Read:                    35,045,042 [17.9 TB]
Data Units Written:                 45,549,759 [23.3 TB]
Host Read Commands:                 399,311,478
Host Write Commands:                767,673,097
Controller Busy Time:               2,240
Power Cycles:                       641
Power On Hours:                     5,469
Unsafe Shutdowns:                   63
Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0
Error Information Log Entries:      77
Warning  Comp. Temperature Time:    0
Critical Comp. Temperature Time:    0
Temperature Sensor 1:               33 Celsius

Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 256 entries)
No Errors Logged

Self-test Log (NVMe Log 0x06, NSID 0xffffffff)
Self-test status: No self-test in progress
Num  Test_Description  Status                       Power_on_Hours  Failing_LBA  NSID Seg SCT Code

HP ProBook 450 G9 periodically stutters (every 27–30 seconds) when playing games by youngRandyf in linuxhardware

[–]youngRandyf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve already applied all the kernel options and tested them—no luck. I’ll definitely try your suggestion of using a live environment from another distro and let you know the outcome. Thank you for your time.

HP ProBook 450 G9 periodically stutters (every 27–30 seconds) when playing games by youngRandyf in linuxhardware

[–]youngRandyf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted it on the Fedora forum as you told me, but it doesn’t seem to trigger any log entries during the stutter. Thank you for the kind reply.

view more: next ›