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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 months ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which series? T/P or one of the economy options? The T, X, W, and later on P series have been the only models people really like.

We have a few T series at work and they’re not bad. My T14 Gen. 1 doesn’t thermal throttle at all as long as its thermal paste isn’t toast. It will run at basically its full all core boost speeds all day long. The newer 12th Gen. machines dial their clocks back a smidge under full load, but that’s because they have 2x the cores of my measly 10th Gen. machine.

Also I have a T14s AMD and that thing is a BEAST for such a small machine. 35 watts out of an AMD 6 core is no slouch for something that small. And I easily get 7+ hours of battery life out of my abusive use.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, T15 Gen1 with 48 GB RAM. The Intel CPU throttles hard unfortunately, I'd much rather switch to AMD (or a desktop..).

Fortunately the company has so many issues with Lenovo, they are switching to Dell now.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Change your thermal paste. These machines (as do all modern machines) run hot, and their paste doesn’t last long if you’re a heavy user. Find a thermal paste that’s thick in particular.

The pump out effect is really drastic on these modern CPUs if you’re constantly hitting 100% load.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Dude, I'm not opening up my work laptop. It's going to be replaced in a year anyway.

The thing has been a piece of shit when it was brand new, it's not the paste.