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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 at phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists at 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 at phpcoderusa.com
>>         <mailto:techlists at 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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