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According to the (commercial) seller it's in top condition.

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[–] brbposting 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

, and I cannot stress this enough, yes.

You can find some threads on intermittent Wi-Fi issues where people create a little shortcut to toggle Wi-Fi or toggle Bluetooth or something, so I think the hardware is imperfect, but it is really ridiculous:

Full screen eight 4K YouTube videos and swipe across all the spaces in a blink or two. Run local language models (e.g. Gemma on LM Studio) in the privacy of your own lap. Render some meme videos or clips of the kids in seconds.

You still wait for stuff. The computer has to turn on. The web browser has to load. You’re buying a ton of power that comes in when billions of parameters are involved but for some simple day-to-day stuff you’re going to experience it on the snappy side of regular speeds.

So overall, that pricing graph is great, isn’t it? What a steal. So nice of them to pay for that depreciation while hopefully not put too much stress on the machine. Hope there’s a nice private seller with a similar rate somewhere.

PS: battery life? It’s got a battery! 😉 idk, 6hr if you’re not optimizing too hard or going to hard in the other direction… can’t be quoted on that figure but it’s not a lightweight use all day in the woods machine, it’s a desktop experience anywhere (esp. where you have a power outlet)

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

Wow thanks for that great analysis! :D

I really have to use camelcamelcamel a lot more

[–] brbposting 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

& Am*zon a lot less 😉 ahahaha, C3’s such a good history tool. After using it one may consider heading on over to eBay to have a chance at concentrating less power in that other company. (Recommend paying with credit card, reformatting machine, double checking all specs)

You’re welcome!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Am*zon a lot less

Haven't bought there anything in years. :)

Recommend paying with credit card, reformatting machine, double checking all specs

Will definitely do.

Thanks again!

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

For what use? I think it's a good deal. Is the battery health good?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Development. I heavily use Docker. I definitely have to ask the seller about the battery condition.

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

You can ask for a screenshot of the Coconut Battery summary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the tip. Will do that!

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

I think you'll be pretty fine. That's a good machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the advice!