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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wish I had the money to upgrade my laptops often enough that even my previous one had an m.2 ssd

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"neat ideas for $50?"

  • first, throw away a $1,000 laptop
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

-first, reuse the functional components in a broken laptop

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I help my friends and family with computer issues. I've gotten a number of laptops/PCs out of that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is it for me. I don't go through many laptops on my own, but ask around your family? You can get quite a stack of e-waste pretty quickly. Especially if you've already been labeled the "tech guy" of the family