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
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> 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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