How long does your laptop usually last ? What killed your past ones ?

To make a long story short, my last 3 laptops have lasted 4 years. And I take fairly good care of them. 1st was Toshiba (hard drive fried) 2nd was Toshiba (the screen just fuct up internally) 3rd was Sony. Why those ? Mainly because of the lightup keyboard. Thats a requirement.

4 years before a major problem happens and it has to be replaced. The last one was a $1000 Sony Vieo. The thing was slick machine. It was like James Bonds laptop. But the hinges went to shit. The plastic around the hinge started a small crack. I lubed up the hinges with silicon spray. Then epoxied it. But nothing helped. And I just had to watch my laptop go to shit.

This latest Acer Aspire F-5 with the stainless steel look, is coming up on 4 years. It still seems ok. But the hinges don't feel right anymore. So I am gonna lube them. I bet these hinges are a sealed unit and lubing probably doesn't help. Whatever

I always wanted to be one of those guys with an 8-10 year old laptop. But it will probably never happen.

Current one 10 years. Previous one 10 years.

The last one still works (or it did the last time I fired it up) but it was very slow.

I've had the screen replaced on my current one, a new hard drive, and also fitted a new battery a few years ago.

current asus - nearly 6 years

will change it in the next year for more cores and ram - this one only can do 12gig ram and I want more cores for VMs

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Originally Posted by Neverna

Current one 10 years. Previous one 10 years.

The last one still works (or it did the last time I fired it up) but it was very slow.

I've had the screen replaced on my current one, a new hard drive, and also fitted a new battery a few years ago.

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10 years is amazing

What brand were they ?

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Originally Posted by baldrick

current asus - nearly 6 years

will change it in the next year for more cores and ram - this one only can do 12gig ram and I want more cores for VMs

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You are going to scrap a working laptop ?

On to my third HP laptop, generally purchase at the mid-price/spec level. First two purchased in Asia both lasted 3 years before the HDDs gave up. In both cases it was evident for a month or so beforehand they were in trouble so attended to regular data backups and was ready when the full failure came. The third was purchased in the US more than 4 years ago and is noticeably more robust. Use my laptops every day and they would be on for probably 12-14 hours and in use for 2-3 hours.

Last one lasted for 4 years, cost under 300USD and was a cheap ACER from a tiny shop in Mandalay. Current one as already giving my grief after 2 years- a top of the range Dell (at least it was at the time).

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Originally Posted by Backspin

You are going to scrap a working laptop ?

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yes - why not - I just said I wanted more cores and ram

I will put another hard drive in it a pass it to some one who does not need more than it

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On to my third HP laptop, generally purchase at the mid-price/spec level. First two purchased in Asia both lasted 3 years before the HDDs gave up. In both cases it was evident for a month or so beforehand they were in trouble so attended to regular data backups and was ready when the full failure came. The third was purchased in the US more than 4 years ago and is noticeably more robust. Use my laptops every day and they would be on for probably 12-14 hours and in use for 2-3 hours.

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Yep I use mine every day too. That's why I dont mind spending $800-$1000 on one

I have an HP i5 and an i3 circa 2013 that are still running happily. The i5 runs a flavour of linux that I use for work.
My newer hp zbook is a couple of years old now and is mainly for photography. It is an i7 and goes everywhere with me. It was expensive but solid and reliable and I can take the back off to replace ram, sdd and hdd as required.
My Toshiba from circs 2004 was crap, keyboard fell apart then disc drive but recovered hdd. My dell circa 2000 was excelleny but couldn't upgrade ram above 4Gig so donated to Thai school. My Gateway circa 1997 was also donated to Thai school but a desktop. My sparc5 box was superb but I couldn't get spares and it was left on a workbench somewhere in Sussex.

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I dont mind spending $800-$1000 on one

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:rofl: . . . big spender alert. Your darknet drug deals not as profitable as before?


I have one MacBook Air, the other a 16'" MacBook Pro. One is seven years old, the other three. I need two in case something goes wrong with the Pro - never has.


Yup, 800-1000 :smile: Legend, Skidmark.

^ Who cares what other people spend or don't. There's no need to be all grumpy-frumpy.


Never really need a lappy, but always had one. The current one is around 5-6 years old. It's fine for Netflix and annoying people online should I be away. Always much preferred PC's as can upgrade any hardware easily and rarely away from our properties.

^ I had a Macbook Pro since 2009. It cost a lot but lasted 11 years and was fine for the first few years but developed a lot of issues towards the end.

I dropped it on concrete earlier this year, right next to my Leo/Ja Dong table. It landed on a corner and died completely.

I replaced it with a 13" acer Swift 3 which is just great.

I'd got so used to struggling to mount hard drives, getting files to play, getting compatible software for work, etc with the Mac that I'd forgotten how easy everything is with Windows.

I'll never go back. The best thing I did this year was drop that Mac.

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drop that Mac

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Sounds like a Hip-Hop anthem.

I haven't bought a laptop for around 7 years.

I have an i7 Toshiba Satellite that i replaced the broken hdd with an ssd, which sped it right up and I still have a Surface Pro 1 that is going strong. That had Windows 8 on it when it came out but got it on Windows 10 now.

They are lightly used though, really.

5 years on this so far (touch wood)... was an expensive [at][at][at][at] though.... was 6k AUD when purchased.

^ Are you into Cyberpunk?:)

At this point I only buy Dell. I have used others but they simply died in a few years. Every Dell I have had I still have. 2 are 10 years +. What I like about Dell is they are always expandable. I prefer the XPS line for a host of reasons so they are not cheap but if you amortize cost over ownership they are quite affordable.

My 17 inch Toshiba must be about 7 years old now, the previous Toshiba lasted about 6 years before shitting itself so it goes without saying I back-up onto external HD often. Should probably just buy a new one but 17 inch laptops are mostly all gaming spec now (and expensive) but I don't want to pay that sort of coin. I don't need high-spec, but just like having a 17 inch screen :(

You could screw the old 17 inch screen onto a new 13 inch with a bit of jimmying.

Both of my HP Envy and now my Acer Aspire suffered from hinge failure. In both cakes the screws that held the two pieces of the screen together failed. Guess Acer envious of the HP aspired to be just like it.
I tried various solutions repairing the hinge of the Acer because it is still a viable machine, and I am to cheap to buy another one , to no avail, until the simplest solution occurred to me. from now on I am doing the same to all other lop tops I might buy..
I left the wires to the clip open so it is more visible in the picture, but I normally close them.
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Originally Posted by panama hat

:rofl: . . . big spender alert. Your darknet drug deals not as profitable as before?


I have one MacBook Air, the other a 16'" MacBook Pro. One is seven years old, the other three. I need two in case something goes wrong with the Pro - never has.


Yup, 800-1000 :smile: Legend, Skidmark.

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WTF are you even saying ? Canadian dollars. That 800-1000 isn't much ? My point was , as Mantalep already said, you can get laptops that work for 300. You can get decent laptops for 500-600. When you are spending 800-1000, you are in the upper range. cvnt face

The best selling PC laptop on Amazon is like 450 USD

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was 6k AUD when purchased.

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All i do on a computer is post on forums , read and store some pics. No gaming or movie downloading or any of that shit. So for me, 1000 is overkill spec wise

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I have one MacBook Air, the other a 16'" MacBook Pro.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::r ofl:

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Both of my HP Envy and now my Acer Aspire suffered from hinge failure. In both cakes the screws that held the two pieces of the screen together failed. Guess Acer envious of the HP aspired to be just like it.
I tried various solutions repairing the hinge of the Acer because it is still a viable machine, and I am to cheap to buy another one , to no avail, until the simplest solution occurred to me. from now on I am doing the same to all other lop tops I might buy..
I left the wires to the clip open so it is more visible in the picture, but I normally close them.
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Oh no. This is exactly what's gonna happen to mine soon. I just thought of something. I'm gonna get a small drill bit and drill a hole into the hinge. And then try and get some silicon spray in there