How the fuck are you supposed to get a laptop if you have OCD? - /g/ (#105865915) [Archived: 369 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/11/2025, 4:38:16 AM No.105865915
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Every laptop I buy has an issue that I cannot accept with my level of OCD.

I buy a laptop, it has a loud reverberating "coil whiney" fan.
I buy another laptop, it has inconsistent key sounds (really clacky alpha keys, etc.).
I buy another laptop, the touchpad is extremely laggy and unresponsive.
I buy another laptop, the screen has a fucking yellow piss filter even though it's "factory calibrated".
I buy another laptop, the screen response times are terrible (ghosting) despite having a high refresh rate.
I buy another laptop, the LCD hinges become weak and wobbly after a week of use.

I have wasted so much money buying laptops, being disappointed in them, and having to resell them at a loss.
Where is the laptop market so fucking shit?
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Anonymous
7/11/2025, 4:40:41 AM No.105865932
>>105865915 (OP)
Buy one of the chinese mutant laptops then. They will have qol features like mech keyboard, nice screen, etc but awful specs.
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Anonymous
7/11/2025, 9:27:27 AM No.105867484
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>>105865915 (OP)
By realizing I will never be happy with what's out there and settling for a cheap craptop
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 9:45:37 AM No.105867573
thats being a faggot not ocd
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 9:48:04 AM No.105867583
>>105865915 (OP)
No such thing as a perfect tool and it'll break anyways. Pour that OCD into whatever you're doing/creating.
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 9:48:15 AM No.105867584
>>105865915 (OP)
Pick your battles. Solve the audio problems by wearing headphones.
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 11:03:37 AM No.105867967
>>105865915 (OP)
Just get a desktop or good wireless kbm and external monitor. At least then you'll only suffer some of the time.
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 12:49:48 PM No.105868554
>>105865915 (OP)

How many of those were MacBooks?
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 12:57:36 PM No.105868593
>>105865915 (OP)
i have ocd (diagnosed)
my shitty broken gaming laptop is very loud and shit
idc about that though the ocd mostly manifests in checking if i accidently changed some settings over and over again
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 12:59:15 PM No.105868602
>>105865932
Link?
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 1:06:53 PM No.105868646
>>105865915 (OP)
could be said for most stuff really
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 1:21:30 PM No.105868752
How hard is to return shit? Is op retarded?
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 1:44:27 PM No.105868915
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>>105865915 (OP)
just get a mac, problem solved
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Anonymous
7/11/2025, 1:55:10 PM No.105869010
>>105868915
>>105865915 (OP)
and before you repeat something you've read by a midwit online, know that macs are completely silent, ergonomic, unix-like, have the most responsive laptop touchpad I've ever tried and no inconsistent sounds.
There was a problem some years ago with their keyboards (butterfly keys) but they abandoned that.
And I will admit that the lack of ports suck. But considering every other positive I live with it.
If you need to game just download an emulator and play old bing bing wahoo and final fantasy or something. It's healthier than playing modern slop anyways.
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Anonymous
7/11/2025, 5:24:54 PM No.105870782
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same, i just rejected laptops and got an 'eck
the market is in such a sad state, there's like... old used thinkpads... and macbooks... and that niche thing with a trackball that lacks performance
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 8:33:05 PM No.105872684
Thinkpad T480 is perfect
Anonymous
7/11/2025, 11:55:07 PM No.105874743
>>105865915 (OP)
don't be OCD, easy
Anonymous
7/12/2025, 12:00:30 AM No.105874794
>>105865915 (OP)
Build a custom desktop

or

since your complaints are mostly confined to shit that works better on desktop peripherals, USE desktop peripherals. I do because all notebook ergos suck and can never not suck due to inherent sacrifices smolness requires.

I don't care about my notebook keyboards other than that they function when I want them. Ditto touchpads (I've used trackballs since 1999), ditto hinges (which I choose wisely but don't wear out in the first place) or displays since muh battlestation provides.
Anonymous
7/12/2025, 12:00:33 AM No.105874796
>>105865915 (OP)
I bought one of those $200 UMPCs with an intel <whatever nzillion> and have spent the last couple weeks pulling it out and trying to fix the artix install on it.

It satisfies the voice in my head saying I need a laptop but since I never go anywhere I don't actually need it.