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>Hardware has that upfront cost which consumers take as this should work for x amount of time. What is X?
by jasonlaramburu 11y ago
>Hardware has that upfront cost which consumers take as this should work for x amount of time.
What is X?
- mrrsm 11y agoI think it depends on the product and the cost I am paying. x for a checkout lane electronic keychain that I paid $1.99 for I don't expect to last very long a month or two maybe. When I am paying $300 I would hope to get many years out of it before there may be hardware (rather than fixable software bugs) failure from a bad capacitor. Even then if you have the electronic knowhow you can replace the parts and keep it working. What lifetime do you expect out of a new TV you purchase? Should it stop working after a year or two or just continue to work as long as the hardware works?