God. Your dad is a dick. Keep both. I agree with #1.

God, people are missing the POINT of the FML. So what if he seems spoiled? Just because he's not starving or dying doesn't mean receiving a downgraded gift isn't a crappy experience. I don't have a laptop like many others who commented, but that doesn't mean I have to say, "YDI, AT LEAST YOU HAVE A LAPTOP!!!!!"

Am I the only one who thinks its ****** that the OPs father bought him something he already has? Regardless of the gift, who buys someone something they already have if it's not broken?

If the good laptop was purchased by the OP, i'd be mad if my dad took it tooand gave me a downgraded one!

I really have no sympathy for you. For my brother's graduation, he got pretty much the best laptop that was available at the time, 50$, and when he broke it after six months, he got a new computer. I got a 10$ necklace for my graduation. I still don't have a laptop. So at least be glad that you have one. Yes, it sucks that your dad is making you give him yours, but you still have a laptop.

OMG all of you that said the OP is selfish or if you yelled at him for having something that you don't, you are all selfish lazy batards if you don't have a laptop and you want one enough to cry publicly on a website then go get a fricken job and buy one yourself you lazy ***** I definetly agree this is an fml I myself am saving up to buy a decent laptop

no one says you have to give him the old one. keep both or just the old one, he can't make you trade. say "well I thought you could have the new one, you deserve it more" if he tries to make you

OP, keep your current computer and tell your dad he can take the crappy one he bought you for a birthday "present." Whether you bought the computer for yourself or your dad gave it to you doesn't matter, as long as it's yours he can't just take it. As someone said earlier, if he absolutely needed a better computer for his work, they would be providing a laptop for him. To all of you complaining that you don't have laptops, you sound like freaking communists. Some people can afford more stuff. I know times are tough, but seriously, just because you can't afford one for yourself doesn't mean that no one else can have one. Stop the whining.

If the other laptop was yours, I'd tell him that he can't have it... Gifts aren't to change for something else, even if it replaces something that you'd never use again. You can choose to give the other but he can't expect it. And generally, you don't need a faster computer for work. Depending on what you do ofc. If it's a lot of calculations, ok... (like, excel lists that take time to load because your computer is calculating all the spaces) If it's textwriting or programming, you should be fine with a bit slower computer. Unless the programming you're doing is for something made for fast computers (as you'll need to test your scripts)

Your dad's job probably paid for the previous laptop, your food, shelter and everything else you need to survive, so it's more important for him to have the better computer. Don't be such a child, he could have just taken the computer and given you nothing in return, but you got a laptop, stop complaining.