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theducks · 08-20-2024, 08:04 PM

Gaming PC's (including laptops) are peaked for Graphics performance.
If you are not doing Games with realistic graphics, stay away from those as they are power hungry (lots of heat).

Leneovo T series used to be the work horse of the IT industry in the 2000's
IMHO buy Business Class, for solid construction and longer life.

But let's address the Brick failures. Was it the Plug into the Laptop end that failed (HP had longevity issues with that back when) or was it smoke escaping fails?
Do you move the PC between locations frequently (wear and tear) or it lives mainly on your desk and rarely gets transported?
How good is the quality (steady voltage, rare outages) of your Electric service in Fullerton? Bad power can be hard on the bricks (or internal PSU of a desktop). Heat is another enemy. Never cover or place in the sun, a brick while in use.

The size OF or QUANTITY of Libraries is just Disk space Those could probably be on an external Spinning HD (no need for SSD for the Libraries, only for the OS and applications).

08-20-2024, 08:04 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,139 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Gaming PC's (including laptops) are peaked for Graphics performance. If you are not doing Games with realistic graphics, stay away from those as they are power hungry (lots of heat). Leneovo T series used to be the work horse of the IT industry in the 2000's IMHO buy Business Class, for solid construction and longer life. But let's address the Brick failures. Was it the Plug into the Laptop end that failed (HP had longevity issues with that back when) or was it smoke escaping fails? Do you move the PC between locations frequently (wear and tear) or it lives mainly on your desk and rarely gets transported? How good is the quality (steady voltage, rare outages) of your Electric service in Fullerton? Bad power can be hard on the bricks (or internal PSU of a desktop). Heat is another enemy. Never cover or place in the sun, a brick while in use. The size OF or QUANTITY of Libraries is just Disk space Those could probably be on an external Spinning HD (no need for SSD for the Libraries, only for the OS and applications).