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[–] Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au 39 points 2 years ago

At least you did post an excellent meme because of the painful, terrible event.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's hope it's a framework laptop and you can just buy replacement parts.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Man I want one of those...

[–] Guildo@feddit.de 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's why you buy a thinkpad - mine dropped several times down. Just a bit clippedy dew and a restart and everything is fine, again.

[–] hackitfast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or in my case, my Thinkpad T490 is absolutely brain dead and shuts itself down / crashes during idle sleep mode every time.

Similarly, my Yoga C930 battery drained in 2 days while powered off and fingerprint scanner stops working after waking from sleep.

Lenovo used to be good..

[–] teruma@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

oh good it's not just me... And what's with that absolutely awful contrnt aware brightness implementation?

[–] Schokonoko@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

The stairs after I dropped my Thinkpad down them

[–] red_rising@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

A lot of higher end credit cards also include protection against this kind of thing as well.

[–] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Renters insurance is your friend. Might be a good idea to look into, it's cheap af and covers things like this.

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't you have to pay a deductible with renters insurance?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

$100 is less than $1000

[–] Bigbon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or just don't drop your shit

[–] Iceman@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Shit happens

[–] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You do, but its generally a lot less than repairs or a new laptop. I'll give you my example.. My laptop is a 2021 Razer 14 The power port had a broken connector on the inside, and since the way it was made the port was part of the motherboard, the repairs for that power port were going to be over $1700 on a $2300 laptop.

Renters insurance was definitely the less painful option. Just one of those things that may only be useful on rare occasions, but when it is, it really is.

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting! I'm only familiar with home owners insurance and car insurance, and those are typically between $500-1000. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Bruh. Fucking RIP lmao.

[–] Copythis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just turn it off and on again.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

put it in rice

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 2 years ago

Don't forget !me_irl@lemmy.ml

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

That's the reason why my laptop has a big dent by the hinge. I do plan on getting that fixed eventually.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Oh no! OP, I'm so sorry for your loss!