New Laptop (to sort out photos)

Tony H

Hi my dell xps 13 is starting to give up the ghost after 5 years , two of the usb c ports on one side are glitching , so seems like a board problem rather than a port failing ,

any way need a laptop capable of cataloging a fairly large collection of family photos , well over 100,000 , have a budget of around 1500 and would prefer something that will last at least 5 years and at least be able to upgrade the storage and preferable have two m.2 slots ,

my other choice is to build a decent pc but would prefer to get a laptop that would be suitable to manage the photos ,

thanks for any suggestions ,

Tony

ps no HP (hinge breaker) please 😁

DopeTech

One option would be to take advantage of the unlimited google photos/videos storage that was available on the 1st gen google pixel phones.

What phone have you got?

That way you could buy whatever laptop you like but the photos would be securely backed up at original quality.

the_amazing_raisin

If longevity is your goal then consider a Framework laptop

I've a framework 13 and it's actually a really nicely built machine. Not the flashiest thing out there but very easy to open up and replace parts if it's ever needed

They also use the same form factor for motherboards so you can upgrade to a newer processor instead of buying a whole new laptop

https://frame.work/ie/en

Tony H

I was looking at the framework but its nice to see someone with first hand experience of actually owning one ,

Nice that you can use your own drives and memory as well.

the_amazing_raisin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123590460#Comment_123590460

Its definitely a nice option although I ended up just getting the same RAM and SSD they sell. They're a good bit cheaper from Amazon

If I'm being honest I haven't needed to open the thing since I got it but there's a good selection of repair guides on the site if needed

My one complaint is that the fingerprint scanner doesn't work for me. Might be a Fedora issue more than hardware and I haven't bothered much looking into it

I'll also say the whole hot swapping ports is a bit of a gimmick. I just have the 4 I need (2 USB C, 1 USB A and HDMI) and just use a docking adapter for more ports

Overall it is a great laptop and I'd be happy to buy another one in future (or not hopefully if I can keep mine going)

Tony H

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Nowso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123614899#Comment_123614899

https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/p/laptops/thinkbook/thinkbook-series/lenovo-thinkbook-16-gen-7-16-inch-amd/21mwcto1wwgb3 add the backlight and bigger battery for 20 euro would be better value ?