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a white out? whats that

when it's snowing so hard there's almost no visibility

ah i call those blizzards

blizzards cause white outs, it's like heavy rain and flooding

Dude white outs are terrifying on the highway

I need to buy a new charger for my laptop. I see on ebay many available but no brand listed (unbranded). Can I trust s/t like this or pay double for one from the manufacturer?

at best they last for 6 months before failing non-desructively

at worst...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioAq7PI1Uwg

you get something like this

what laptop is it?

Yeah, dell gets mega-triggered if you dont use genuine dell chargers, and throttle the cpu and wont charge the battery

idk about other manufactures

yeah or apple macbooks are sensitive to

yep i figure apple would be like it to

yeah but like the macbooks get damaged real easily

Dell inspiron 15

oooh u want to get a genuine charger

My real q is, to buy a charger + new battery for a machine that is not working so well -or-buy another cheapish laptop and hope it lasts longer than this piece of....

jUsT gEt A mAcBoOk

Need it for Zoom teaching and basic basic surfing. Also as a storage device for pics and vids.

like actually if u get the baseline m1 macbook air u should be fine if u r doing basic things

No gaming or editing

and maybe upgrade the storage to 1tb

Not going 🍏 period

well u could get an hp but i do know apple would be considerably more reliable

hmmmm what about a chromebook?

I hear ya. Even if I was open to Apple (which I'm not), the ppl who need it don't/can't learn a whole new OS

oh right

how old is it

Was thinking about that.

if u looked into an hp those typically are pretty reliable

i run a decade old dell as a daily driver with no problems, even for (extremely) light gaming

Maybe 2/3 years. Paid around $300

wtf? thats not old at all, how expensive can a charger + bat be?

some machines are built crappy

i got a 130W compatible Lattitude charger and battery for my Inspirion N5110 for 25 bucks combined

Around $50-60 together I think. But the device has other problems. Doesn't cry to the internet properly...

thats dell for you

yeah mine crys properly