"D'úsáid sé an córas oibriúcháin ach chaill sé a ríomhaire."

Translation: He used the operating system but he lost his computer.

[FeargalMcGovern]

could this be suggesting that using the operating system caused him to lose his computer?

[scilling]

Given the lack of context, I read it as a “despite” rather than as a “because”.