Can you help me with this little whim? (Patreon)
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I have managed to acquire a "new" laptop, which is a Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15ALC6. The "new" designation is in quotes since I bought it at a pawn shop. In fact, I had not planned to buy it, since I recently acquired a new Wacom graphics tablet, an Intuos with Bluetooth.
Finally, this request is for anyone who feels generous and wants to donate the 1123 Mexican pesos that the hard drive costs (approximately 56 US dollars). Since the laptop was tampered with before it was pawned, and according to Lenovo's official website, it had two hard drives: a 250 GB M.2 and a one terabyte HDD, when I tested it it had a 500 GB HDD and did not have the M.2.
And the strangest thing is that the laptop was only 3 months old since it was activated (if it was pawned new), but apart from the storage, the laptop has very good features.
A Ryzen 5 with 6 cores and 2 threads at 4Ghz
Supports 20 Gb of Ram (and has 4 Gb soldered)
Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard at 75% (includes numeric pad)
One PCIE 4.0 input
USB Type A and C 3.1 inputs
The screen left a lot to be desired.
All that cost me 5,000 Mexican pesos (approximately $247), and this laptop was selling for 17,500 Mexican pesos (approximately $864).
"What, you can't afford to buy one?"
Dude, if I could afford it I wouldn't be begging.
Don't think you'll be leaving empty-handed, as I will refund you the months corresponding to the amount you donated, at the level you wish (as if you were paying for an annuity), plus 1 to 6 additional months, depending on your choice.
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Here's the bottom line: I want to buy an M.2, but I can't afford it as I have a lot of expenses for the rest of the year and the next. If you're willing to help me out, I'll reimburse you with months of subscription for the amount you determine at the level you want and an additional six months.
In order to reduce my loading time, I will use the game The Sims 4 an example. From booting to getting to the main menu, the process takes between 7 and 15 minutes, and from there to starting the game, it takes another 7 to 15 minutes. Currently, I installed the SSD from my old laptop and the game took 3 minutes. So it is worth investing in this laptop, since it will allow me to work with larger volumes of work at the same time, and I do not have to be closing programs every time I want to try the mods.
This would be a great help in improving work times.
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I want to thank Bridget Billington from the bottom of my heart for donating that amount of money.
For the other components, I will pay for them with my own effort, such as changing the RAM (I now have 12Gb since I got rid of the 8Gb from the old laptop), buying a mouse, etc. I will not only use this laptop to make modifications, but also to keep track of and create patient documents at the clinic where I work. Although they provided me with a tablet for this, I prefer to have a physical keyboard, especially when writing.
I will continue with the dynamic that if you donate an amount X, I will reimburse you in the remaining months to cover the amount, plus some additional ones, since my Patreon is not yet valid for making annual payments. Since some of you were wondering how I could pay for the entire year, well this dynamic will be a substitute for that type of donations.