Buying a new laptop or NOT?
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.