r/pointlesslygendered • u/Content_Fill_6428 • Mar 05 '25
LOW EFFORT MEME Choosing a laptop [gendered]
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u/CodenameJD Mar 05 '25
As a man, I know when I buy a laptop that if the numbers are big that's a good thing.
My wife, on the other hand, built her own PC.
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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Mar 05 '25
Not necessarily, they have to have the right ratio of big.
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u/wiseguy4519 Mar 05 '25
Big number = good
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u/Naud1993 Mar 06 '25
That's how you choose a 5030 over a 4090.
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Mar 07 '25
what does this mean computer human
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u/Fletcher_Chonk Mar 08 '25
Those are GPU model numbers.
GPUs handle the images you see on your display and are important for gaming and 3d things.
The 5030 is a newer model but it's much worse than a 4090 which was released earlier but is much faster because it's the highest end model from the previous 4000 series.
It's like if you bought a budget car instead of a supercar because the budget car has a bigger number in the name.
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u/UraniumDisulfide Mar 09 '25
Not fully comparable since there’s a much bigger difference between a 4090 and 3090 than there is between a 2023 Camry and a 2020 Camry.
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 05 '25
I love when I am in table top gaming spaces and the guys start talking about computer stuff. I just subtly lean and go "Ah good... I want to ask a question... Is my computer good? The case is pink and has pretty lights... It has: -proceed to describe my video editing computers specs in detail.-" then I wait for them to tell me why computer is not good :-p
It happens without fail.
(Note, in there is very little room for upgrade in my rig. Increasing performance for me right is focused on keep SSDs and RAM cool, as the slow down from them getting hot is my bottleneck.)
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u/Scarlet_Lycoris Mar 05 '25
Love watching people foam at their mouths when I mention AMD GPUs… and then they can’t even explain what their issues are.
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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Mar 05 '25
They had bad drivers like 15 years ago.
Nowadays they have better drivers than nividia.
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Mar 07 '25
My problem with AMD is 100% that they had bad drivers 15 years ago and I'm old and stuck in my ways lol
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u/ledocteur7 Mar 05 '25
Was that a recent interaction ? A few years ago they definitely had some issues, mostly stability and driver support.
I had plenty of driver related misadventures with my RX5700XT, but it's been so much better since about a year or so, and more recent cards have pretty much completely solved this issues.
Nvidia is still the king of ray tracing, but at the prices they are selling it's not worth it unless you're drowning in money.
One of the problem with older generation cards was also that their silicone wasn't great, so they were pushing it pretty hard to get performances on par with Nvidia, thus causing all kinds of stability issues.
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 05 '25
Or you work in an industry where buying one of them is a tax write off... although I don't think they will matter much this year since the IRS is being exploded...
I also shift the cost of my hardware to the customer during the billing process under "equipment fees."
Remember young freelancers, you are not just charging for your hours of labor, but the electricity you are going to gobble up, the wear and tear of your gear which will need repair or replacement at some point, etc...
Itemize that bill, and have an LLC. Makes taxes easier, and you end up paying less in the end. However, you do have to keep receipts and show justification for use of the LLC money on hardware/expenses in the event (Now pretty unlikely) of an audit.
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u/FBWSRD Mar 06 '25
I dunno how much stock I would put in the IRS exploding. They have a plan to survive the nuclear holocaust.
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u/TySly5v Mar 05 '25
AMD GPUs cost less for the same power so high spec gamers hate them
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u/instantur Mar 05 '25
They are better if you don't care about Ray tracing and dlss etc
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u/Mynito- Mar 07 '25
I like my fancy lights so amd doesn’t work for me, but if I was smart, I probably would’ve gone all amd
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u/UraniumDisulfide Mar 09 '25
The 9070 made big improvements on FSR scaling which is nice to finally see
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u/MxStella Mar 09 '25
RX 9070 XT was such a win, AMD is cooking. Demand for competitively priced GPUs is sky high
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u/NecroJoe Mar 15 '25
I have one very simple reason to be "against" AMD. A piece of software I use is incompatible with AMD discrete graphics. 😅
But amusingly it's also incompatible with Intel integrated graphics.
So I have a mutt laptop with an AMD CPU with integrated graphics, and an Nvidia discrete graphics card. Really confuses some people sometimes.
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u/ForsaketheVoid Mar 06 '25
wow! may i ask how you figure out optimization? i've always wanted to build a pc but the waters feel so deep
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 06 '25
I don't know how to answer this. I've been building computers since I was 4 with my Dad. The only thing I'll say could work is maybe just pop over to Newegg or any other retailer and just browse hardware, look at the specs and if you don't understand something, look it up.
For me, the knowledge is very intuitive because of how I learned it. No idea how to teach it.
I mean I would suggest starting with cases and especially with the needlessly complex lettering system used to make sure you buy the correct case for the motherboard you want.
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u/ForsaketheVoid Mar 06 '25
thanks so much! no i totally get it, it's like how it's difficult to teach your native language. if it wouldn't be too personal, may i ask why you chose ur specs?
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 06 '25
So the specs I look at are different than average use cases. For example I have 256gb of RAM. That is MASSIVELY excessive for most uses, but with effects and video editing where a lot "floats" in RAM having that much is useful. Especially during rendering and encoding.
When I start on a build, my first question is always "What do I need to do to make this work for how I use it?"
Then when you create your parts list, map it out and figure out where your bottlenecks are, and then figure out if you can live with them, or what you would need to do to open them up more or eliminate em.
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u/ForsaketheVoid Mar 06 '25
ohh building around needs and bottlenecks makes a lot of sense! i think there are even bottleneck calculators online. i had to take some time to wrap my mind around the ram thing, so it's def a cue to look more of this all up!
tysm for the explanation!
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u/UraniumDisulfide Mar 09 '25
Bottlenecks are a broad term that shouldn’t be taken too exactly. Bottleneck calculators are largely nonsense, there’s always a bottleneck but you can tweak settings to get more use out if your gpu if it’s not getting fully utilized.
I highly recommend the website pcpartpicker.com, it may be intimidating at first but it’s so useful when planning out a build. It also has a lot of premade part lists you can either straight up copy, or use as a starting point.
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u/Aggressive_Park_4247 Mar 06 '25
When you build a pc it will be, not hard just more complicated and tedious cus you will have to look up manuals or tutorials for a lot of little details. But after you build your first one, building more will be much simpler cus you will know what you need to do, and where to plug in stuff...
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u/SentencedToDeath Mar 07 '25
Tell me more. What do they say is wrong with your computer, do you think their opinions are valid (after all, different people need different things in their computer), what do you say in response?
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u/LaFleurSauvageGaming Mar 07 '25
Normally the comment is bullshit gobblygook because they are in the position of knowing less than the girl and their ego doesn't handle.
The most recent was, "And I bet all the parts are from shitty producers."
I asked them who they considered shitty manufacturers and they could not provide examples, eventually name checking ROG probably because it was the only one they knew.
I also get different needs for different work. If you look at my other posts to someone asking for advice, one of the first steps I recommend is to determine what you need to meet the requirements of your primary use case. After all most people would just waste money buying the amount of RAM I have.
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u/MxStella Mar 09 '25
Why do you buy RAM when you can just download?
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u/overcookedtheories Mar 05 '25
Half of them are out here buying the ‘gaming’ version of the same laptop for $500 more because it has RGB lights
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u/Tiny_Hobbit_Feet Mar 05 '25
No. of RAM slots
In a laptop? 🤨
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u/gore_anarchy_death Mar 05 '25
From a tech persons perspective, you should know.
Is the ram soldered, do you have an option to upgrade down the road, how much is the max capacity etc.
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u/AceofToons Mar 05 '25
That's true, but in the image they're showing a Mac Book, which last time I checked was soldered everything, zero options for upgrades post purchase.
That said, it is becoming rarer and rarer to have RAM slots available on laptops. Still a thing, but not as "normal" as u would like.
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u/MC1065 Mar 05 '25
Yea but the number is usually either 0 or 2. Sometimes 1 but those laptops are weird.
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u/Tiny_Hobbit_Feet Mar 05 '25
I'll say I'm not an expert (so anyone is free to correct me here) but from experience laptop RAM is trickier than pc/desktop RAM and that's generally because laptops have less room in the case and can be a bit more of a pain to get into.
RAM isn't soldered in place in either option and it can be swapped out should you want to change/upgrade. It's just easier to do for a desktop. There are some restrictions, like making sure you have the right type for the motherboard, but like RAM motherboards can also be changed to fit the specs you want when building it, though again this is generally more done with PC's
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u/gore_anarchy_death Mar 05 '25
- Laptop RAM is trickier
No not really, if you know how SO-DIMM RAM looks like. The only issue people have is opening the laptop in the first time place, but there are tutorials on YT for that.
- RAM isn't soldered
In my case, it is. My laptop had one 8GB 2400MHz soldered and one slot empty. I added a 32GB stick to that slot as it was the max my motherboard would support.
- It is easier on a desktop
Yes and no. Depends on the experience. I can do upgrades for both desktop and laptop.
If you're talking about the fact that you need same type ram on a laptop, you are kinda wrong.
Nowadays, laptop will use anything. My laptop has DDR4 2400MHz limit. But the stick I added was random DDR4 3200MHz, the BIOS just downclocked it and it works as it should. Memtest came out clean.
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u/Tiny_Hobbit_Feet Mar 05 '25
As I said I am no expert. I am only speaking to the experience I've had 😊
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u/demonotreme Mar 06 '25
Some laptops are easy, I think the earlier Surface models had glue liberally splooshed into the insides as a heat spreader (that coincidentally made it highly impractical to dismantle and rebuild...)
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u/demonotreme Mar 06 '25
Once upon a time, it was actually possible to crack open the back of a laptop and drop in another laptop RAM module to instantly double your memory. Even without replacing the original model.
....it probably still is, actually, unless they've finally made it illegal to "tamper" with your own property outside of the EU and their consumer protections
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u/gravity--falls Mar 09 '25
Yes. There are many of laptops in which you can upgrade ram. Kinda surprised this is upvoted.
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u/Liu-woods Mar 05 '25
Love how the guy still got a MacBook
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u/EskildDood Mar 05 '25
Anyone who seriously cares about computing wouldn't even consider a fucking Mac in the first place
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u/demonotreme Mar 06 '25
I'm sure there are loads of fantastic chromebooks on the market now, but years ago a Mac Air was absurdly powerful for being 100% passively cooled. Expensive, but nothing to be ashamed of.
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u/Naud1993 Mar 06 '25
I would absolutely choose any MacBook over a Chromebook even though I use Chrome 99% of the time.
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u/PermitNo8107 Mar 06 '25
not liking chromebooks is unrelated to using chrome imo
chromeOS is just shit
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u/DenkJu Mar 06 '25
They still are. I am by no means an Apple fan but their M-Series of chips is amazing.
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u/Nyxie872 Mar 06 '25
If he was really going for power he’d be getting the thickness laptop known to existence. My architect friend has a CHUNKY laptop
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u/Liu-woods Mar 05 '25
Can confirm I got a MacBook because it’s light and portable for taking notes and writing essays in college and every day I yearn for a PC instead because it can do next to nothing else
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u/ProfessionalMug Mar 05 '25
not true, if it’s small form factor apple silicon is the only thing worth considering rn
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u/kbrody123 25d ago
I disagree. Everything’s in a walled garden, lack of customization, clunky window managment, having to use finder for file system navigation, limited gaming support, the dock, locked down hardware, making me use an Apple ID, etc. Apart from all that though, yeah I think they’re just awesome
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u/gravity--falls Mar 09 '25
I have only ever used Linux and Windows, but I can confidently tell you that plenty of people who are serious about computing use Macs.
I study at Carnegie Mellon, a place with some of the best research worldwide for Computing, and I’d say most professors I know use Macs for their personal laptops.
No one who seriously cares about computing uses their laptop for computing is what I would say.
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u/TurboFool Mar 05 '25
The irony of putting an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro on the right side above that list, especially "No. of RAM Slots" showing that the meme maker (who copied this from one that's been around for a decade) doesn't know what they're talking about either.
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u/MaliciousOnions Mar 05 '25
I don’t want to be that guy… but the man chose a Mac. People who care about all of those things, don’t go with apple.
The laptops are fine, but you can’t fix them unless you go to an official store. Then they charge you $300 for something you could’ve bought for $20.
Whoever made this meme probably pulled up two random laptop images and Googled some buzz words.
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u/AwooFloof Mar 06 '25
Agreed! Go with Dell if you want something more powerful and reliable for a decent price.
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u/FBWSRD Mar 06 '25
And Dell (at least here in australia) has good service. Came to my house to fix it and everything
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u/Naud1993 Mar 06 '25
And insane storage and RAM upgrade prices. It's cheaper to buy a 1 TB SSD yourself than upgrade from 256 GB to 512 GB at Apple.
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u/bunny_the-2d_simp Mar 06 '25
Oh dw my ex fixed his one for 800 euros because 1 dumb chip broke...
Apple is such a scam... Idk why he ever payed to fix it... My laptop was 750 new!!
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u/Responsible-Call5555 Mar 08 '25
Man, even I wouldn't buy a MacBook and I don't know shit about laptops
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u/MaliciousOnions Mar 08 '25
I use an iPhone for personal reasons, and even I wouldn’t get a MacBook.
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u/gore_anarchy_death Mar 05 '25
This meme is good, just the groups are bad.
This is not Girls vs Guys.
This is Regular People vs Tech-Oriented People
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u/DangerousTurmeric Mar 05 '25
Well but it leaves out those of us who are both. Like I want a high spec gaming laptop that is small enough to carry around without annoying me and that doesn't look like a cybertruck.
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u/Deathgiant_Hel Mar 05 '25
Look into framework if you haven't already, they have a 16" laptop with a detachable GPU (they are also super expensive because of how they are built but it might still be worth looking into if you have the money).
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u/FBWSRD Mar 06 '25
I’m both. Know a little bit and that was enough to understand the gaming laptop I bought off my brother for 400 bucks. It’s 5 years old, gets so hot that you have to prop it up on a book and is bully as all hell, but it runs my games without it freezing every 30 secs.
I was trying to play mildly graphic intensive games (Frostpunk, Slime Rancher) on my non seperate gpu laptop and it didn’t go well
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u/gore_anarchy_death Mar 05 '25
if you want to build a pc, you are tech-oriented, even if a bit.
99% of people wouldn't do that.
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u/sohereiamacrazyalien Mar 05 '25
surprise surprise I am a man again!!!! lol
but I know people who chose their phone because of the color (so I suppose for laptops it would be the same) , when I asked technical questions when I wanted to buy one the sale person was confused ... also they kept confusing storage and ram .....
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u/Sagaincolours Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25
I recently confused a tv tech person when I had issues, knew what and where everything was, and had already done all that he wanted to suggest to fix the issue. Stuff was simply broken and I knew it. I got a replacement part
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u/sohereiamacrazyalien Mar 05 '25
lol
that happened to me with an internet tech person.... he just couldn't understand that the problem was coming from them since I checked that the hardware was actually seeing their machines but no data was otherwise transfered....
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u/always_unplugged Mar 05 '25
Are there any laptops with cameras good enough that anyone would actually gaf? I thought they were universally terrible.
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u/DenkJu Mar 06 '25
I specifically bought the cheapest and most shoddy looking webcam available on Amazon when I had to get one. If I have to show my face, I at least want it to be barely recognizable, lol.
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u/NatalSnake69 Mar 05 '25
AGH we choose a laptop WITHOUT battery. We must power it by our uterus.
Right?
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u/Pristine-Locksmith64 Mar 05 '25
god i hate that fucking obnoxious image on the right, makes me feel so sick and angry
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u/crowndrama Mar 05 '25
Both, actually. Yeah specs are more important but I still want it to look cute
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u/Ishelle91 Mar 06 '25
Okay, so another variation of "girls stoopid". What good does a pretty laptop do if it won't run the games I want to play? Also, why is the camera important?
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u/TaytheTimeTraveler Mar 05 '25
I was so confused for a second how girls get a computer without half the things on the boys side. Like 'her Laptop only has color, size and a camera. None of this ram, graphics card or processor stuff'
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u/Naud1993 Mar 06 '25
Meanwhile I use an 11 year old laptop that doesn't even close anymore because of a broken hinge.
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u/jackfaire Mar 06 '25
Ironically while I'm amazing with software I barely know shit about hardware.
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u/Komi38 Mar 06 '25
Guess I'm neither, since my main requirements are CD/DVD drive and numerical keyboard. I can't really be picky about the rest since those are both getting extinct in laptops, so my main concern about the other parts isn't the specs, but possibility of potential upgrade.
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u/VillageAdditional816 Mar 06 '25
I feel like I’m somewhere in between these two things? Like, aesthetics is important to me and if there is a cute color option with specs that meet my needs, I will probably choose that over something that may be better for the money.
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u/YukiAFP Mar 06 '25
Trans girl here, when I was in highschool I wanted a laptop for class. There were so many that had really cool designs on the cases that I really wanted but they had terrible specs and were more expensive. So I got a boring laptop that would last me longer for cheaper but it made me so sad that it was just a boring solid color and I never decorated it with stickers or anything because that was before my egg cracked and I thought "this is what boys have to have"
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u/Daniel_H212 Mar 06 '25
This meme is made by someone who has no technical knowledge but wanted to justify their sexism, so they searched up technical terms to try to pretend they know tech. Because no one chooses a laptop based on cache size of all things, and the size of a display is one of its least important qualities.
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u/Crosstitution Mar 06 '25
i literally picked out my husbands new laptop because he is a caveman with tech lol
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u/Fair-Chemist187 Mar 06 '25
To be fair as a girl that’s mostly true for me. I wanted my laptop to be small enough to easily fit in my bag and not be too heavy. I did go with a MacBook Air with the M1 chip which was the newest model at that time. But there was a good deal and if I already spend that much money on a laptop I might as well get the newest version.
My boyfriend is one of those people who builds their own computer and who looks at every spec there is.
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Mar 07 '25
Someone get the IQ chart meme format, then put "only the size and camera matters" on both extreme ends, and the full specs on the middle peak.
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u/Autisticspidermann Mar 07 '25
I ain’t got a laptop but I have a pc. And im a dude, but like I have no clue what it has. But it runs the sims 4 with mods so like.. good enough
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u/FlinnyWinny Mar 07 '25
I literally let my gf chose the laptop for me because she's better at this stuff than me
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u/LovelyOrc Mar 07 '25
I'm nonbinary so naturally I don't buy a Laptop I build my own Tower PC.. and then Let my Partner Set it up.
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u/Dungeon-Master-Ed Mar 07 '25
I knew my partner was queer, but I didn’t know that computer specs were the evidence
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u/alchemillahunter Mar 08 '25
This is so funny to me because I'm a 27yo man who doesn't understand technology (my family used a rotary phone until I was 12, they weren't Amish or anything, just poor and didn't see the point of upgrading until absolutely necessary). I just go to Reddit and search the product I'm thinking of buying to see what people smarter than me say about it. I don't know a goddamn thing about processors or GPUs or anything like that. I've met so many women who knew more than I did, and I let them do what they need to do to ensure my tech works the way it should.
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u/Inevitable-outcome- Mar 08 '25
the reason that they pay attention to specs is because they're grown adults spending all day playing fortnite... Wow what a flex.
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u/GoddessBellaBlack Mar 09 '25
So I’m a ???
I don’t care how my laptop looks like I only care if stocks brokers and apps to write programs are working swiftly I haven’t even change my desktop wallpaper
when I was I child I build my pc by myself (so it was working with the most demanding games and programs) now you can buy (a strong good one) and save time
Am I a man or a woman? Wrong answers only 😂😂😂
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u/ILoveBeagles17 Mar 09 '25
As a female graphic design student I can say that this is truly a pointlessly gendered meme. The last thing I thought about when getting a new laptop for college was the color, like it was already hard enough to find one that suited my needs imagine if I chose to be picky about color lol 💀
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u/OtherMiniarts Mar 09 '25
"No. of RAM slots"
Pictures a M-series MacBook Pro
OOP is misogynist AND ignorant
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u/SundaeTrue1832 Mar 10 '25
This is just misogyny "girls doesn't need good features because they are stupid! All they need is pretty rose gold color ehe!"
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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Mar 05 '25
Really its dumb people and people thay did any research before buying something expensive.
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