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melfie@lemy.lol 3 days ago
My, how far we’ve fallen where a $600 potato with 8GB of RAM is considered a great deal.
Here’s a $720 laptop with 16GB of DDR5 and a RTX 4060 (out of stock of course):
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Same laptop with 4050, but new rather than open-box is $895 though
melfie@lemy.lol 2 days ago
My point is that mere months ago, $700 did buy you a new laptop like this with a 4060. Now, even this open box one is sold out and the only option is something like what you posted.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
It was cheaper because it was not sealed-box new, otherwise it would’ve been more than the lower-spec $895 one 3 months ago when it still existed.
melfie@lemy.lol 2 days ago
True, the open box one would’ve been cheaper. I do know for a fact that I saw a MSI laptop with these specs in December for around $700. I’ve never been in the market for a 4050, so I can’t speak to previous pricing there.