The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones

Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by marincounty on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:45AM (#6610297)

Yea, I have a ten year old Toshiba P26-S2607 I still use on a daily basis.

I have a one year old MBP that I haven't used much; I'm not sure why, but the screens seem the same?

I do know one thing about most old laptops; they were made to last longer than 2 years.

That said--HP--as made crappy laptops for quite some time. I bought one a few years ago and it was horrid on an engineering basis, but it looked Slick.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by jcd748 on Friday October 25, 2013 @01:10PM (#6612887)

I had an HP laptop that I bought around 2009. It lasted a year before the insane heat issues started; I agree with you completely regarding the engineering issues. In the end, I ended up buying a Lenovo about two years ago, and it's been perfect for me.

Getting back to the original story, I don't think I've bought a desktop since 2003. I prefer using them, but laptops are just so convenient.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by Zak on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:18PM (#6613871)

Are you sure it was simple heat issues and not a defective Nvidia GPU? A bunch of them in that time period were prone to premature failure. Many HPs used them, as did a few Thinkpads.

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