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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