My friend got a cheap Satellite something like 2 or 3 years ago now, it's the one with the broken screen, dead USB ports, and was completely unable to boot for a week because apparently it hates him.Another laptop vote goes for Toshiba. My wife got a Core 2 Duo based Satellite several years ago and that damn thing is on 24/7 and hasn't skipped a beat.
My friend got a cheap Satellite something like 2 or 3 years ago now, it's the one with the broken screen, dead USB ports, and was completely unable to boot for a week because apparently it hates him.
His mom projects some kind of EMP field that breaks electronics.
The moral of the story is, don't trust anecdotal evidence. But if you do, I have a Dell that only broke during its warranty and now works fine, my mom has two that work fine, and my brother's Dell worked okay until the screen / screen cable gradually gave out from too much opening and closing, when it was like 6 years old. It probably still runs.
Depends on how many are sold and what your budget is.A couple years ago I found out that computers in fact have a set lifespan. This includes the Pandora and video game consoles. What if I fall in love with my Pandora as I did my Gameboy and my Gamegear? What happens when the CPU or other chips die? Is there a way to repair them or video game consoles for that matter?
