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		op00to on Nov 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Macintosh Endgame Will these laptops last 3+ years? Anything I've bought sub $1k fell apart or failed in some expensive way within 18 months.

rz2k on Nov 28, 2016 [–]

No idea. I occasionally use a ten year old ThinkPad T60 that runs Linux Mint 18 (2016) MATE okay.

I'm pretty sure modern ThinkPads are not as durable. The Dell XPS might be a lot better than Dell laptops of the past, though.

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