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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I've been running various distros off my Huawei Matebook 14 in the US for years with zero issues. They make really good laptops, TBH.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

my xiaomi is clearly far superior than the other phones i've had at this price point and i want to stick with that brand for as long as i can now that i know what to do to get them to work in this country.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

i got my xiaomi for free so even I wanted to do the same, but xiaomi and hyperos have alot of limitations

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

i haven't noticed any and i learned yesterday that i'm must put a custom rom on it to get it to work in this country; so there's room for modification if something doesn't work for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Couple of years ago I was looking at them and razer for a new laptop. I ended up going with razer simply because I could t find the laptop I wanted without a touchscreen and in my mind touchscreens were less crisp than non-touchscreens. How does your experience hold up?

It’s about time for me to upgrade laptops again, been like 6 years lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mine's the 2020 AMD model, does everything I need it to do and it's still going strong. Build quality is great and I love the high quality 2160 x 1440 display. Overall, it's been a far better experience that the Dell XPS I had previously, which started giving me issues after just a couple of years.

I bought it when I was living in Asia, though. Now I'm in the US, I honestly don't know what replacement I'd pick up if it died tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

I was looking at a Tux brand laptop, I don’t really play games on my computer anymore now that I have a steam deck so I just need something lightweight. The problem is I love the aluminum body of my razer