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Break? What fantasy is that? I'm running five machines of different ages for years now, every day. Nothing is breaking; certainly not because of the OS. What do
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Break? What fantasy is that? I'm running five machines of different ages for years now, every day. Nothing is breaking; certainly not because of the OS. What does that even mean?
- wharvle 3y agoHand-me-down or used Windows laptops that were $300 to begin with [EDIT: when purchased new, I mean] don't tend to last a super long time. Maybe, if you're lucky. [EDIT] What I've seen break on mine and my wife's, back when I used Windows/"PC" hardware on mobile computers, and these were all lot more than $300, even 15+ years ago: - Display controller board just... dies, barely outside the very-short warranty period. (I repaired this one) - Display cable frays at hinge. - Thermal paste on insufficient-to-begin-with cooling for discrete video chip goes bad after a couple years (discrete video cards in laptops: just a bad idea, they're historically the source of a solid half of the problems on MacBooks, even) - Something shakes loose inside. Several times. I've self-repaired (open, screw with anything that has a socket or port until it's good) but it's not worth taking it in to a shop on a very, very cheap machine, if you're not comfortable doing this yourself. - Battery goes bad.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoAh. I buy bespoke machines put together by my business partner, who's into these things. Spend enough so it lasts essentially forever. So I'm not a good measure.