Oh man, been there! I just show them a side by side boot test on two identical laptops, one with the old drive and one with the SSD, and that usually shuts it down. Once they see it with their own eyes, they stop blaming the CPU.

Wait, you never looked at your own station in 3 years?

My first real knife was a $35 Dexter Russell I bought from a restaurant supply place, and I used that thing for two years before I ever touched anything fancy. When I finally got a $180 Japanese knife I was scared to use it for like a month because I didn't want to mess up the edge. Turns out I was babying it so much that I actually cut worse with it than the beater. The Victorinox fibrox handle is honestly one of the best grips out there when things get greasy, that textured rubber just grabs your hand. You're not missing much besides the looks and the pride of owning something custom, because at the end of the day a sharp knife is a sharp knife.