1 out of 3 laptops will die in at least 3 years

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/154921

DUH! Its a laptop, what do they expect? They made a study about that?

 

i got a laptop back from 2003 and like on 2005-2006 it broke and i was not fixed till this year..what a waste of money it gets broken again with the same problem and kinda bought a new one... and yep, 1/3 laptops...i guess i got the bad one in our house...

 

1 out of 3 laptops will die in at least 3 years....


0 out of 3 laptops will die in at least 3 years with a MacBook, MacBookPro, MacBookAir ;-)

 

But you won't be able to use them for anything fun, like video games

 

I believe that laptops are the "throwaway" product of the Computing world. Majority of the users don't upgrade them, and they are more difficult to upgrade than a desktop PC.

I wouldn't be surprised that cheap built laptops from HP, Dell, Gateway, etc. with integrated Intel graphics processors would be tossed after three years. Hell, most users would probably infect their laptops with enough viruses to kill it after 6th months. Or sit on it one day and destroy the screen.

 

My hp is ok...

It's slowing down, but I assume viruses or just the amount of programs installed or the insane heat in my room might be the cause.

It's a HP...6830s ???


It plays resident evil 5 on lowest settings eith blue ray drive-not bad

 

My Dell slowly broke apart (inside and out) over the course of two years. Though I think this is an issue with Dell in general and not laptops as a whole, many people I know with Dell desktops/laptops are very unhappy with them far too quickly after the purchase. I use kid gloves with expensive electronics, but Dell fought like a champ and now the thing won't even turn on because it doesn't acknowledge power cords. When it did turn on it was blisteringly slow so I guess it's doing me a favor.

 

Funny thing is, I have two dell laptops at work, the oldest one is perfectly fine (other than the battery needs to be replaced, it only holds a charge for about 30 minutes). It's about 5 or 6 years old. My newest one is a Dell Vostro. It is a year old and still runs as good as day one. No issues at all.

But I take care of them. Don't install crap, etc.

 

Thats how a computer should be taken care of. Respectivly (hmm spell check)
Its still pretty fragile from the inside and sometimes from the outside.

I just completed digging out our garage, and I found a nice little laptop from 1997. Good old Win95 <3

 

I've had this laptop (Dell Inspiron 2200) since 2004, and is working normally up till now,the only two problems it got were:
1:The disk drive stopped working for no reason(replaced)
2: the battery died( but i could replace it )
Example of my laptop:

 

Seriously? I have a LG laptop, for about a yr now. Is LG as good as Dell, etc?

 

I've never heard any bad critics about LG

 

same, but i would to see testimonials that would put the pro's and the cons... like for example, when i had my laptop fixed...i commented that it had a good sound system and the repair guy told me that compaq boost itself due to its sounds but problems with its graphics...well, from laptops perspective anyways...

 

mines starting to slow down... if I get another lap top, the acer aspire that I'm using WILL get cannibalized for either another laptop or a tower computer...