The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers

Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by bluGill on Monday September 07, 2020 @01:34AM (#24396841)

End of life is important to cars. Many cars are leased, calculation of the resale value at the end of the lease is important to the price you pay. Then the next buyer expects to have some value in the now 7-10 year old car to apply to the next one. That is only possible because it is repairable for the most part.

Of course computers are cheaper, nobody really expects a computer to last more than 5 years, so repair isn't nearly as important.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by oblib on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:38PM (#24400589)

I'm still using a late `09 Mac Mini I bought new, so over 10 years old now and I still have no imperative reason to replace it. I've replace the HD and maxed out the RAM about six years ago and it's still all I need to get my work done. And a newer "faster" PC won't improve my productivity. I write code and use BBEdit to do that.

Back in the 80s and 90s the tech was changing so fast I had to purchase a new Mac every couple years to run the software I needed, but I've not done that for over 10 years now and I don't see any good reason at all why a new PC can't or shouldn't last ten years for the average user.

Aside from gaming and video editing, neither of which I do much of, there's really no compelling reason for me to want a new Mac.

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