That bear has seen things....terrible things

Out of interest, have you watched project farms video on jeans? He does extensive testing on products (usually tools) but he did jeans recently and one test was which pair had the greatest resistance to back pockets tearing off and not all ripped a hole in the trousers when the pocket failed

Woah I have the same Teddy bear and it's about 35 years old!

I wish I had kept mine. I'll always remember you, 36-6-21. 💜

This is great! Thanks for sharing. I would o9ve to have that one myself.

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I don't even know top loaders are a thing in Italy, never seen one used in EU context.

Some people are just incredibly ignorant and can't accept facts. Planned obsolescence is a thing, natural progress is another. You can't have progress if you can't abandon old stuff, and people with a grasp of consumer electronics all agree that we couldn't have had all the utilities and luxuries we have today with the technology of twenty years ago. Imagine thinking an 80' laptop would suffice for today... you couldn't even write emails on them.

Hold up a sec. Your vintage boombox plays vinyl LPs?

That is r/BuyItForLife for you. I used to work in appliance sales and service for much of the 1990s. But make the mistake of saying anything negative against a speed queen or a top loader and people lose their minds. They don't care there is nuance here. That their needs might be different then another. And that your needs might be different than theirs. I would never own a top loader for many reasons but say that and you get downvoted. Doesn't matter that I have fixed just about every type/make of major appliance and sold them. People like to believe they have found some secret and can't take any negative things about that.

I just soap my hand and clean it like that. No sponge. I certainly hope my hand will be BIFL

God I hated those combination locks in school. I don't mean that exact model, just that type in general. If I was stressed out I would forget if it was "right, left, right" or "left,right, left". Then sometimes I'd just forget the whole combination.

And that is why many people don't see boots as buy it for life. But the difference is the repairs the boot will need to keep them functioning. A boot might require a heel in 7 years. You understand it would be very strange to have a boot where every single component has been replaced. That is just a new pair of boots made over a longer period of time. The only benefit to doing something like that is if you get way longer out of the product, or save money/the environment. In the case of boots I can wear them for 7 years, do a resole, and wear them for another 7. And depending on how much you use them you can have boots decades later you are still use. For example I have a pair of boots made in 1984 but not a computer that is even close to that old. There is no way to keep that kind of old tech running for that long in a useable way.

What kind of teddy bear is it? :D

This.

Cost to repair is gonna outpace cost to replace in like 6 months on this thing.

The easier thing to do is just buy and off lease laptop especially if you are just doing basic office stuff. Most computers last a long time and the specs don't need to be updated constantly for that kind of work any longer. Or you can slide it downwards in use. So I like to have an updated laptop and upgrade every 3-5 years or so because I work in IT. What I do is replace mine and that old one goes to my dad (or anyone with less needs). So right now he is using my last one and so that one is now 7 years old or so. Even the one before that is still in use as a backup system for a kid. That one is over 10 years old. But you go buy the lowest priced laptop and it probably won't last that long. People have to understand that there is a massive difference between a $500 laptop and a $2000 one. This is where buying off lease comes in because you can get a powerful system for much less then it was new. This likely mean it was higher price to begin with and will likely last longer. It is why I always think it is funny when people say that apple laptops last forever. Well they don't really make those cheap systems so they will likely last far longer. Spend 2k on a windows based laptop and it will be the same kind of quality.

It still has the same flaws as every other laptop out there and is expensive for what you get

Your motherboard has a fault, well you aren't repairing the motherboard, you're buying a new motherboard

Your screen dies? You're not repairing the screen, you're replacing the screen.

Your trackpad dies? You're not repairing the trackpad, you're replacing it.

It makes more financial sense to buy an equivalent non-"BIFL" laptop that will last you a few years than buy something like this. Especially when you're paying such a steep premium.

Pretty much everything is better when comparing to an equivalent laptop by Apple or another brand in terms of raw specs and most of the repairability is basically the same either way when you're not including labor.

The boards can't be future proof in the way you believe. They can allow for some forward capability as they usually do. But they don't have a time machine. They can't build something to meet the requirements of tech that doesn't exist yet. That makes zero sense, and you really don't understand how these systems integrate if you believe that. I mean why did people use horses and not just build and make cars. Because the tech to do that didn't exist for that. Do you really believe that the same board they designed 20 years ago could run a modern processor just because they knew things would get faster? Do you not understand that all the tech has to keep pace with that in order for that to work?

I had been using my lock from grade 10 (11 years ago) up until last month and then I somehow misplaced it at the gym/somewhere....I was crushed!!!

The password was exactly - North - West - South

Irreplaceable

Haha yea that’s fair. Good for 90% of people but not for me trying to do 3D work

Sure. To clean it I just hand wash it using the soft side of regular sponge(as opposed to the Brillo side) and a little soap. Honestly, it doesn’t take too much pressure at all as everything just slides out. I haven’t used micro fiber towels for that specific purpose, but I assume they would work just fine. And then, from what I understand, during shipping the rice jostles around and flakes into a fine powder, or a rice flour. If you cook the rice in water that contains a lot of this “rice flour” it behaves just like any flour would and thickens the liquid it’s in and ultimately creates a more mushy, congealed lump of cooked rice as opposed to each individual grain being distinct. So the “texture” of the rice is much more enjoyable if it is thoroughly washed. This process along with using a high quality rice cooker that cooks it evenly has made a big difference in the quality I have experienced. Also without the addition of the rice flour clean up is much easier. I hope that helps.

100%, I guess when I say “professional” I mean, it’s an executive/management office worker laptop lol.

Yep we saw right through this one

The only thing ur missing is ur coupon code on the cta kid

My brother in Christ I’m a customer I’ve had the laptop for 2 months relax not everything is a conspiracy.

When did the buyitforlife sub become a shill for corporate companies to pump their products using bots?

Nah.

Just as this tech didnt exist 3 years ago, it wont last a lifetime let alone a decade

The marketing department sure is doing a fine job though