At the depot repair center we have other working PCs that we can swap in known good parts or try a part in a known good PC.
That's the current state of the art in PC repair. That and techs that use their knowledge and Google to see what else pops up.
-> Not long ago you used to repair almost every part but when optical drives DVDRW for example hit 20 bucks for the desktop, repair is not cost effective. Would you pay to fix a 20 buck drive? That is the one hour of 100 bucks plus parts or would you want to pay 20 bucks?
The only ARM based laptops I saw were at most 15 inches and ran ChromeOS.
If you can stop ranting, then we can begin the search. At the office we have Dells, Asus, and the last few good HPs. After HP burned me on a 3 month old laptop, my last HP.
I HATE COMPUTERS!! While also a rant, I do have a question.
Computers acting up, "once in every other blue moon" and then unresponsive and dead. I am aware of SpeedFan, but any other software to test Everything Else. Is there no other way to test for Bad RAM, Bad GPU, Bad HDD, without pressing the key selecting the diagnostic immediately after powering on? (before the OS loads) ? Any software exist?
Also, These are HP Laptops. I remember somebody on c|net saying that HP have very low quality.
So ... ANY LAPTOPS RECOMMEND?! ANY NON-DISPOSABLE HARDWARE EXIST?!
Preferring the numeric keypad laptop with the giant 17+ inch screen and 500+GB HDD (or compatible with 500+GB HDD. AMD preferred. Thanks.
TBH, Laptop with giant screen, numeric keypad, but also with ARM Processor much more desired, as they appear to be durable, heat resistant, not even need internal fans.

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