LisPi on Nostr: Laptops that only have internal batteries are much less likely to work without the ...
Laptops that only have internal batteries are much less likely to work without the battery, this is obnoxious because keeping dead/outdated batteries in live computers is a fire hazard, so one can't simply be assured it's possible to keep using the computer as a pseudo desktop or discount server once its use as a laptop is over.
Some of them will still work fine without a battery while plugged in, but it's no longer a reliable expectation anymore.
I hate this planned obsolescence crap. At this point one legitimately has no reasonable choice other than building a luggable out of an SBC & portable monitor + USB power bank or something (unless one feels like screwing with USB->AC inverter for microatx + conventional PSU, good luck with the power constraints & finding the components in the first place).
Fuck whoever thought that was smart.
How did things degrade so much in the last few years?
Some of them will still work fine without a battery while plugged in, but it's no longer a reliable expectation anymore.
I hate this planned obsolescence crap. At this point one legitimately has no reasonable choice other than building a luggable out of an SBC & portable monitor + USB power bank or something (unless one feels like screwing with USB->AC inverter for microatx + conventional PSU, good luck with the power constraints & finding the components in the first place).
Fuck whoever thought that was smart.
How did things degrade so much in the last few years?