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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