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#1 - 2018 Microsoft Surface laptop 2, 13.5" 8250u cpu - Primary Laptop 5 years and counting...
Besides the trackpad, which died about 2 years ago it's fully functional and extremely stable. I simply disabled the trackpad. Screen is amazing, battery life okay, and chassis feel/lack of flex fantastic. Of course I'm over the giant bezels, lack of ports, and Skylake cores but it still gets the job done so I'm having a hard time upgrading.
#2 - 2006 Dell 640m, 14", Core2Duo T7200 - Primary laptop for 9 years
Big, thick, and built like a brick! Still 100% functional 18 years later! It's used in my garage and continues to survive freezing winters and scorching summers.
#3 - 2002 Compaq Evo n600c, PIII 1.2 - Primary laptop for 4 years
Still worked 20 years later after I sold it.
#4 - 2015 Lenovo Thinkpad T450S, Broadwell 5200U - Primary laptop for 3 years
I liked this laptop for the year or so it worked. It developed the notorious black screen issue where you have to disconnect both the removeable and internal battery, press power to drain residual charge, and then restart to get the display working again. I probably worked for two years trying to diagnose and fix the issue to no avail. Great keyboard, good screen, terrible reliable so it's 4th on the list. Never Lenovo again for me.
As you can see my laptop ratings pretty much go by how long each was in service.
How about you? What good and bad Windows laptops have you had?
Besides the trackpad, which died about 2 years ago it's fully functional and extremely stable. I simply disabled the trackpad. Screen is amazing, battery life okay, and chassis feel/lack of flex fantastic. Of course I'm over the giant bezels, lack of ports, and Skylake cores but it still gets the job done so I'm having a hard time upgrading.
#2 - 2006 Dell 640m, 14", Core2Duo T7200 - Primary laptop for 9 years
Big, thick, and built like a brick! Still 100% functional 18 years later! It's used in my garage and continues to survive freezing winters and scorching summers.
#3 - 2002 Compaq Evo n600c, PIII 1.2 - Primary laptop for 4 years
Still worked 20 years later after I sold it.
#4 - 2015 Lenovo Thinkpad T450S, Broadwell 5200U - Primary laptop for 3 years
I liked this laptop for the year or so it worked. It developed the notorious black screen issue where you have to disconnect both the removeable and internal battery, press power to drain residual charge, and then restart to get the display working again. I probably worked for two years trying to diagnose and fix the issue to no avail. Great keyboard, good screen, terrible reliable so it's 4th on the list. Never Lenovo again for me.
As you can see my laptop ratings pretty much go by how long each was in service.
How about you? What good and bad Windows laptops have you had?