RE: Not meant to last — WeAreAliveAndSocial

Congratulations on your selection!
I'm glad you didn't decide on Lenovo, because I got a Lenovo ThinkPad T16 business laptop and I'm not satisfied. It's not as fast as my old HP and it heats up a lot. So much so that the hot air blowing from the right side where I use the wireless mouse bothers me.

When it comes to buying electronics, apart from the price/need ratio, and desire, I always look for a brand and model that has as long a warranty as possible...
Either free, extended or to pay for it. To at least in some way insure myself for a longer period of time from crashing the device...

My thinking about buying electronic equipment is like a binary language. Either 0 or 1.
It works or it doesn't work.
What does it mean to me if something is "still new, not even three years old" if it has failed or is starting to fail.
It's a little easier for me, when fail completely, then there's no thinking, just go to the store and choose a new one.
When the situation is like yours, that it works partially, I think a little longer, but in the end I still decide to buy a new device (if it can't be serviced - they used to make it last longer, so it's better to repair the old one if possible, because it will maybe work longer repaired like that than the new one I buy 😀).

Thanks man, and yeah I think I made the right decision. I was initially very happy with the Surface Laptop but it started to degenerate quite quickly, more so than any other computer I've ever had. I had replaced my MacbookAir (I had for over five years) with it and was enthused at first but it soon lost it's shine. The heating up issue was provably the biggest concern as I generally charge during the day and I'm not always here. So, it was time to go.

I've been trying to extend the life of the Surface Laptop, resisting the urge to replace it but like you say, zeros and ones...It works or it does not and with the issues it had, it wasn't working as intended.

I'm not sure what I'll do with the Surface Laptop now...maybe I'll take it out onto a property and send it to hell with a rifle round? Hmm, that might make a good video for Hive.