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icky_boo t1_jbpfflz wrote

Reply to Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

These laptops are NOT meant for consumers. They are aimed at businesses that can afford it because of the warranty. We use them at work because there's a 3 year onsite warranty which means someone will come with either a replacement machine or to repair it within 4hrs of us logging a issue. This is what you are paying for.

Businesses also can afford it because it's a tax write off and they replace the machines after warranty expires anyways.

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DirkMcDougal t1_jbpd7l0 wrote

Reply to Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

I agree on the too expensive thing. A few years ago I got one of the first gen Yoga Books on a lark for ~$200. Was neat but hardly used it. Just started a new job and needed a tablet I could carry around and then a laptop briefly at the end of my shift to fire off email and my god. The thing is Perfect. Co-workers are immediately jealous and shocked that it's not some exotic $2000 machine. These "business" laptops have become just a way to have a high-profit product and corporate IT departments are glibly spending the money.

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AverageFilingCabinet t1_jbp1n54 wrote

Reply to comment by MikeTheGamer2 in Web-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users by speckz

The fact that this keeps going back to sex toys really just proves my point. Not to criticize anyone for using them, but this thing isn't supposed to be a sex toy.

Also, no; my concern is that this is pretty clearly designed to target people who already struggle with loneliness. I guess you could make the same argument about dildos and the like, but those are designed to sit still and maybe vibrate; this thing is specifically designed to mimic the feel and motion of actual lips.

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mrblaze1357 t1_jboshfh wrote

Reply to Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

Saw this article as I'm literally sitting at my desk working on a 7330. So they're kinda wrong about the price. We pay about $1650 for this PC, and $1550 for the 7430. Most businesses that buy in build will receive bulk pricing that's locked in. It's more expensive for normies up front which I hold issues with. But this isn't an Inspiron or XPS this is a latitude.

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StrategicBlenderBall t1_jbo1eo8 wrote

Reply to comment by bigxchocolate in Apple could release an M3-powered iMac as early as the second half of 2023 | Engadget by bledik

You can get a refurbed 14” MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro for about $1,500 direct from Apple. But if you’re only connected to a single external display, I’d just go with the Air. I bought an M1 MBA for my wife last year and she loves it, of course that was just before M2 came out lol.

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