I know - that was a bad example - but I suppose you could get a laptop repair business off the ground that way if you had the storage space for all the parts....but you'd need to do a lot of "disposing" before you had enough parts to offer a service.
The other problem faced by "mobile computing" is that (notice I didnt say laptops?) the onset of small handhelds like the Eeepc or the Aspire One (among others) make more powerful computers even smaller, as components get shrunk down to the point where there's actually nothing inside it that is humanly reparable anyway and with the power of FOSS I reckon in a few years we'll see more of these types of computers for even cheaper prices that will come with shorter warranties (eg 6 months) and they'll be designed for you to "use it till it breaks" and they'll be so cheap anyway you just go out and buy a new one when it does. For information about installing, running and configuring Thunderbird including a list of known issues and troubleshooting information, refer to: http://getthunderbird.com/releases/ Phil Thompson wrote: > On 19/06/2009 Richard Forth wrote: > >> Ie you couldlnt bodge up a laptop by fitting a DELL DVD writer into a >> Compaq laptop. >> > > you probably picked a bad example their, as there's a lot of commonality > in laptop optical drives and I've interchanged several and bought > generic drives for £25 to replace failed units where the branded item is > £60+ and is actually the same thing from the same OEM. > > Personally I think lack of competition is the only rational explanation > why putting a 50p part in a laptop costs three figures. > > > Phil > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
