Current laptop

  • mouse pad not fully useable, but I still can continue to use it
  • Sleep doesn’t last long on ubuntu, I also think the same with windows 10. 4 years old

Do I want to solve it or get a new laptop

Solving it

I think I have a few more hours to decide if something will work or not. There seem to be options for hybernation, but ultimately I would like something that I can suspend and move from one place to another. I think the current sleep capability is definitely a few hours(3-6 hrs).

Inability to sleep more than 5 hrs lets say.

So I always work at home, sometimes I have to take my laptop somewhere, very rarely, say when I am going to india, when I am going to a tax consultant, thats when I would need the laptop alive with the necessary docs opened. In the worst case I can check how hibernation works.

Also a quick look at hibernation, shows problems associated with it. Of course everything has problems with ubuntu, but also solutions!

Getting stuck due to opening of a couple of tabs on the machine. Although it is chrome that I opened today morning, it was clear that there were these memory hogging sites and they really took away my ram to the point of getting things stuck. Going for a higher ram seems slightly future proof as well.

Worries

2 questions wihtout marked answers on stack for ubuntu 16.

For when I need it to be reliable for more than 1 day?

how often does that happen?

Fucking up the battery by keeping it on for ever?

Hybernation slow? not the same as suspend?

Ideally I would liek something that I can close and open at will, and not have to worry about reducing the battery life (estimated at 50 Euros/piece). The life of this Laptop @ max is expected to be 2 years, but it runs amazingly now. Software centre opens in no fucking time at all. Shocking.

The life of a battery is about 500 recharges after which it reduces in capability, (~2 years). I remember for my HP laptop I did buy a new battery 3 years after living. I used the fuck out of the battery, always kept it in charge etc.. I can’t remember when I actually lost control of the battery. But I use that laptop for everything.

Worst case:

Year Dell Latitude E5430 New laptop    
1 200 700    
2 50      
3 500 50    
4        
5 50 50    
6        
7 50 100    
8   100    
9 - -    
10        
         

Assuming a laptop lasts for 6 years, 100 bucks for life after 6 years, adn 50 bucks every 2 years, these are the numbers I see.

With the Dell Latitude E5430, I would have costs of 850 over 8 years and with 1000 with a new laptop over 8 years. The dell laptop with its basic flaws such as inability to sleep in case I ever need it.

I can return the laptop within the next 2 days, it sure appears that the inability to sleep might be a very small inconvinience

Summary

It appears that if I invest 700 for a new laptop it might still make sense in the long run.

How much money I have?