Chuck
It's called ABUSE. Banging the keys, slamming the lid etc...... they get
destroyed fast if you don't take care of them. With cost difference of Macs
and windows models people are prone to take better care of a Mac ( it costs
more ). It gets even worse if it is a company machine. All laptops would
last longer if they had to pay for them. I make sure they do. Advice
for the corporate setting do like I do..... they check it out........ they
break it. I bill them. Keeps me under budget on repairs, and they are
alot more careful if they know they will have to pay for it.
Brandy
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From: Chuck
> >Not to try too much to lower expectations, but the anecdotes I hear
> >about laptops are generally negative. The guy who installed some new
> >financial s/w on my office PC said he's gone thru 3 laptops in less than
> >2 yrs and that's generally the experience of the folks HE talks to.
> >Their s/w runs ONLY on Windoze, so he's talking about the Dells, IBMs,
> >Compaqs, etc.
> >I've had a bit better luck w/ my 2400, but that's all that I think that
> >it is. We're all living on borrowed time.
> Indeed. I have been working as a network manager for 10 years and my
> rule of thumb is that laptops cost 2x and have a useful life of about
> 1/3rd that of a desktop machine. PowerBooks seem to beat that average
> a bit, but not by too much.
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