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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Thank you all.
This has given me some stuff to chew.
She is doing a BSc, so yeah, I actually don't know the strain that will be put on her laptop, but her plan is an after grad degree as well.
Is it even possible to get a laptop/chomebook that lasts 6 years?
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Definitely. It's not like it was 20 years ago where CPU speeds were doubling every couple of years and a laptop became literally obsolete in 3 or 4 years. The biggest issue most non-tech savvy users have is software bloat slowing the system down, so they think they need a new one. But I have a first gen Surface Laptop that came out in 2017, so 4 years old, and with a fresh format and reinstall of Windows 10 it runs great, and should continue to do so assuming the hardware components hold out. That's why you want to buy something higher end instead of the $500 cheapies you see everywhere, you want to make sure stuff like the keyboard and screen are built well enough to last 5-6 years