Yep, I would expect her laptop to be in the same or worse condition, if it was mine.
It’s build quality is practically nonexistent and if we expect the interiour to be like other HPs I disassembled, it’s probably hollow without any board protection whatsoever. Also, the fans are almost always full speed, even on moderate to low load (of the some gen of ryzen 5 which is actually decent).
Cool, so it’s way more durable than my Latitude 5290. I had my bottom cover screw inserts break when opening it. And the bottom panel is cracked in multiple locations. Also, recently had to reglue a display hinge, since it’s just glued on the plastic top panel via a metal extension (it also broke the bezel which I had to plastic-weld to reinstall it). But I also use the display frame as a handrest so it was doomed to fail. Also, I had to reglue or replace most of the rubber housing parts. Here’s my poor little laptop:
I kinda feel bad for this laptop coming into my aggressive hands.
I would recommend a Dell Latitude, but expect problems if you mistreat it like me. It isn’t a T430 or T440p, which survive everything.
Edit: the green spot on the photo isn’t a spot on the camera, it’s a plastic-weld. Yes, it’s all screwed with in weird ways, all by me.
Also, your laptop is in great condition, don’t worry about it, you treat it above-average-ly, unlike me.
Most people love capitalism and the ways it fucks them over.
It’s L14, not T14. My mom has one for(EDIT: at) work and the bottom cover is cracked. It would be fine if she didn’t use a 6-year old HP (also fuck HP), which is somehow still in mint condition.
Yes, a HP beats an L series ThinkPad in durability (but this is only anecdotal evidence, I have no idea if this is widespread).
Yep, suse is cool, the default firewall config is way more restricted (safer but annoying at times). Dbeaver can’t install some essential depends for some reason and shotcut is missing some features (I could try fixing it but for now I just use appimages). It is way more stable than fedora or arch, even if I sometimes forget to upgrade it for months.
Wow, so it’s actually somewhat decent. If I had money to actually choose a phone, I would still prefer GOS.
No AVB yellow state on most devices (bootloader relock with custom keys), MicroG (while actually a cool project) Isn’t a fully functional implementation (no Chromecast if you enjoy self harm, no U2F, FIDO authentication, etc.), you also can’t use safetynet (for banking apps) with unlocked bootloader
Well, it’s as paintful to use as a lineage os phone w microg (not a full implementation). If you want security and usability, use GrapheneOS.
Just use a ~500GB SD card, but it costs around 40€.
They aren’t blocking bootloaders, they’re blocking the firmware. It is an issue, but it isn’t as problematic. The only ones blocking the bootloader unlocks are capitalists, who want to profit from your data and break your phone when they need more money.