Ernie Smith on Nostr: There's an interesting trend in cheap laptops of late. To get you to buy, they soup ...
There's an interesting trend in cheap laptops of late. To get you to buy, they soup up all the specs, including RAM and screen size, around a dog slow processor.
An 18.5 inch screen on a $379 laptop is kind of absurd.
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