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A comment on Ask HN: How often does your company replace your laptop?.

Re:Ask HN: How often does your company replace your laptop? by nik736 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @10:59AM (#20491575)
In Germany laptops are written off for 3 years, so I would imagine 3 years is the period most companies are replacing laptops here.
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Re:Ask HN: How often does your company replace your laptop? by feischi on Monday July 22, 2019 @03:46AM (#20496023)
I am talking about a German company. I think in the 4th and 5th year the total work time wasted on waiting for the machine to finish something costs more than a new laptop.
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Re:Ask HN: How often does your company replace your laptop? by solomatov on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:39PM (#20493224)
They are written off for tax purposes. I don't think anyone will throw them away in 3 years.
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