On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 18:36:38 +0100, JR wrote: > I'm curious what you all consider a reasonable lifespan for a > laptop. Personally, I bought my one and only Dell I4000 about > 4 years ago. Within weeks, the battery deteriorated beyond > use, as did the DVD drive.
I have a CTX laptop that lasted me about seven years. It would have been perfect right up to today had my wife not dropped it, causing the hinge to break, and later the monitor to start displaying weird lines. But that 233 MHz machine still runs like a champ, although not well. It doesn't hold a charge long, but I can at least unplug the box to move the power cord from one outlet to another without the computer turning off. More than I can say for my Toshiba Tecra 8000 that, although in _perfect_ condition, cannot hold a charge for even a millisecond. Miark
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