Re: what I heard... is it true?

>     I hope to get more than 3 out of mine.

>     On 2014-09-19 13:08, Stephen Partington wrote:

>         Well that could simply be the fact that they used substandard
>         capacitors and part for the ethernet, and as such it failed over
>         time.
>         manufactures consider laptops to be pretty disposable after 2-3
>         years,
>         any older and they tend to get squirrely.

>         On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Havens
>         <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>
>         wrote:

>             That explains the fan but not the internet switch.

>             :-)~MIKE~(-:

>             On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Partington
>             <cryptworks@gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:

>             At one time this was very true, and in some ways it can still be
>             true. parts like the fans wear out, and due to the space
>             constraints
>             in a laptop this is more critical, and there are some thermal
>             considerations to think about as well. but as long as you
>             are giving
>             decent airflow around the laptop, and you are prepared to
>             swap a fan
>             sooner than later it should have no real impact on the hardware.

>             I run mine for work 9+ hours straight and the previous one i
>             had did
>             this for 4.4 years before it finally got weird enough to be
>             replaced.

>             I would most definitely enable power savings on your monitor
>             because
>             that screan can suffer from burnout, and its not as easy to
>             replace
>             as a monitor.

>             On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Michael Havens
>             <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>
>             wrote:

>             I read on another board that it was bad to leave a laptop on
>             24/7 Is
>             that so? If it is I guess that is why my laptop is having
>             problems!

>             :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>             Stephen

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>         Stephen

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