Interesting.
I just had a desktop motherboard fail - at almost exactly 3 years!
(Mind the same PC already had a video card replaced under warranty and
a hard drive fail just one month past its 2 year warranty period).


RP

On 05/10/05, Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com> wrote:
> At 02:07 PM 10/4/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> > >
> > > So, back to laptops:  Which manufacturer would you buy from (and pay
> > extra) to get something that lasts longer
> > > than average?
> > >
> >
> >I don't know how this plays into your thesis, but I bought an IBM
> >laptop after seeing my friend's 486-based IBM laptop in daily use and
> >working perfectly. My laptop still works fine, but it still has one
> >year left until the fateful three-year birthday.
>
> Seems to me that most portable consumer electronics (cell phones, MP3
> players, notebook computers) typically has a rather limited lifetime (1-3
> years) if
> you actually haul it around all over the place. If it gets to sit on the
> desktop and has an easy life, it should do a lot better.
>
> There are currently some adverts for an especially robust notebook.. forget
> who it is (also don't know how much fact is behind it).
>
> Of course IBM's notebook division is now owned by the large Chinese computer
> company Lenovo.
>
> >Best regards,
>
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