The square traitors just told me to call in [and waste tons more time]. I did not feel that I had the time and energy to kick the pricks until this morning. I spent 35.5 minutes repeatedly repeating the same information and the guy said "This is a hardware problem. I am e-mailing you an RMA right now.
So, I need to back up what little I have put on the laptop in the last couple of weeks, and order some screws.
Do your laptops slowly lose screws?
Do I have any reason to believe the laptop will be stable for the forseeable future? People keep telling me to buy a new computer, but whenever I have a problem with anything people tell me to replace it.
"I am going to change my oil today."
"Just get a new car!"
I have been watching for cars for a year or two and tried to buy a few, but laptops? Weird. Costco doesn't have anything that I like! All of their laptops under $1,000 have cheap graphics!
Digital Trends says the Dell G5 SE is clearly the best gaming laptop under $1,000. The best all-around one was the Asus ZenBook 14 UX425, but it has a 14" screen. The next laptop that it mentions is their choice for the best gaming laptop.
One thing that I do not like is that it has two USB-A 2.0, one USB-A 3.2, and one USB-C ports.
I guess that I need to get a USB-C hub.
The only problem is that it comes with 8 GB. I have not worked with that little RAM in years. Could I even use Chrome?!
Crucial sells the CT18665652 16 GB module for $58, although I would then have 20 GB, and an extra 4 GB module.
Since I need a stable laptop for work I would deduct this from my taxes [and play games on my desktop]. I would also sell my current laptop once it comes back [and checks out] on eBay.
Eleven sold in the last 2 weeks for $350 - $1,010. I don't know if, since this is an auction site, prices are all over. Rick talks about that on "Pawn Stars," but that is when he is trying to buy something for less than the seller wants. Seven sold between $480 and $750 with 1 or 2 GB SSDs, but the $1,010 one didn't, and it was used.
I do not have any idea why someone paid over a thousand dollars, more than I paid Costco. Is it because the seller said that it was only used 6-7 times for Oculus Rift:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Legi...sAAOSwoB1fYaik
Crucial has a 2 TB SSD for $340. If that got me $700 for my laptop instead of $350 with the on-board 256 GB...
Yeah...
This Western Digital 1 TB hard drive is $105, although it is out of stock for a week.
This Crucial SSD is $104, although it claims slower speeds.
Tom's Hardware recommends
this Adata SSD, which NewEgg ships for $105.
If I make $350 selling my laptop, deduct $111 from my taxes (12% rate), and get $18.50 back with my credit card (2%), this will end up costing me $445.50, although I really wish that I could get Costco's standard 2-year warranty. I could still SquareTrade for $100, but I haven't enjoyed dealing with them.