[ale] OT: $400 Laptop

[Geoffrey]

Geoffrey wrote:
> joh6nn wrote:
> 
>>Matt Magee wrote:
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>>
>>>If the laptop lasts 3 years for $400, I think that's a reasonable 
>>>lifespan for a budget product.
>>
>>
>>	i wouldn't consider a lifespan of only 3 years to be acceptable  for
>>any piece of hardware that i didn't plan to drop-kick on a regular basis.
>>	and i know that this is at least partly because i'm a student, and
>>don't have much income, but to me, a $400 expenditure doesn't constitute
>>a "budget project".
> 
> 
> You are correct in our circumstance.  On the other hand, most large 
> corporations replace laptops on about a 3-5 year basis.  When I was with 
> AT&T, it was every 3 years.

s/in our cir/in your cir/

> 
> I would not be happy purchasing a laptop that died in 3 years either. 
> But then, I'd not likely purchase the walmart device.  I've got a Sony 
> 2.4 PIV that's going on 3 years now and I would hope I'll only have to 
> replace it because I can't upgrade it any further, not because it's 
> failed.  I've also got an hp laptop that I paid $500 for that I would 
> like to see last 5-8 years, but 3 would likely be okay.
> 
> I still maintain that you're better off buying a brand name product and 
> paying a $100 or $200 more.
> 


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Until later, Geoffrey