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I hate buying things and I hate computers and most of all I hate buying a new computer
feels like half our time and energy and mental capacity for the past week or so has been falling into this bottomless pit of agonising over what laptop to buy and dreading having to Spend Money
good lord I fucking hate computers
actually I can't even say that “I” hate computers, I don't know who is typing this, we can't really function when we're spending half our waking hours agonising over which terrible, expensive computer to buy and the other half procrastinating on worthwhile things because computer
it's over, it's finally over, i ordered a new laptop at great expense, the all-consuming thing is over, the final decision is made, we can now breathe a sigh of relief and go back to living
i'd play guitar to celebrate but i injured my left hand playing basketball the other day
philosophically we really wanted to join the Framework club, but owning the best laptop Apple ever made has set our expectations sky-high… and we have also vowed to never again purchase an Apple product, so… the new laptop is the one Nobody Was Ever Fired For Buying™ 🔴
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@raineer@frontrange.co
@hikari I tried my best to like my framework. The polish just isn’t there, comparatively. But it is still a solid laptop if your standards aren’t too high.
@raineer i think if their laptops were cheaper it'd be an easier sell, but if we already feel awful about spending more than a thousand euros on something, it'd better be good