Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops die ever. I just don't invest anything extra in them after a couple of years. It just makes more sense to save your money and get another better one than it does to pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well past it's prime.
Brian
On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
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My mileage has been much better
On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:
I always figure that a laptop is good for about 2 years. Anything you---------------------------------------------------
get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly wouldn't put much
money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2 year mark.
That being said, I usually get more than 2 years out of my laptops,
but I baby them, so they have really easy lives, but I still wouldn't
put much into any of them except the one that is under 2 years old.
Brian
On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
How old is the laptop and what brand?
On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com
<mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
My question is what is the computer used for? Are you
using it
for your Linux from scratch project?
Well.... what happened is I was using my laptop as my main
computer
(which I have since learned is BAD); I was running everything
through
it. Then the card reader didn't work. No problem, I rarely
use that
feature anyways and I got a USB Multicard Reader/Writer. Then
certain
keys started not working (and things were progressively getting
worse). No problem, I got a USB keyboard/mouse. Then when I
was at
the airport to go to FL I found the internet switch didn't work.
Time
to take it to a repair shop. Well, I can still use it for
finances
until I get it to a shop when I return from Surfside. Then
the fan
wasn't working. Then I got back from FL and took the computer
to a
repair shop.... SO I then took my Linux from Scratch computer
and
turned it into my central computer. This means I'll have to get
another computer for Linux from Scratch and start all over with
LFS. I
told the lady at the repair shop about the fan, the dropping
keys, and
the internet switch (forgot about the reader). She got back
to me
yesterday and said that the fan was working just fine and
that the
keyboard needed to be replaced. I inquired about the internet
switch
and she said it was a part of the keyboard. I'm now thinking
that the
card reader is a part of the keyboard too but I don't know.
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