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Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by Tade0 on Saturday July 20, 2019 @08:51PM (#20489270)
I don't know the MTTF on ThinkPads, but the wear and tear on a three year old laptop is usually considerable.

I bought my first laptop in 2010 for about €630 and after three years switched to the current one. During that time two out of four USB ports became too loose to function properly in all circumstances. I have more anecdata like this from my friends and coworkers.

Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by verbify on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:51AM (#20490941)
Usually the older ThinkPads last longer than 5 years, or at least long enough for the tech to become obsolete.