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What are your worst tech purchases?
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I bought the Blackberry KeyOne AND the KeyTwo LE.
Those were great except for the screens falling out: my worst purchase was a six hundred dollar android tablet for when I was going to be recovering from a big surgery. I returned it. wtf are tablets even for? It was basically a shitty computer that couldn't do anything.
As the owner of a proper Linux tablet, tablets are for combining with keyboards for use as small laptops.
They're also good for watching videos during taxi, takeoff, and landing during which laptop use is forbidden.
Which tablet
Surface Go 2.
It wasn't a Linux tablet when it first arrived, but that was easy to fix.
That's silly.
Using it as a laptop? In theory, a 10" screen thin and light laptop with the guts in the base instead of the screen is a better design. There aren't very many of those to be had, especially not for $90 on Ebay.
Watching videos during taxi, takeoff, and landing? The alternative is paying attention to the safety briefing. I think I won't.