Re: Lenovo R61 Think Pad dead after fewer than five years
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On 2013-11-03 07:01, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 11/02/2013 02:53 PM, Ken Heard wrote:
>> Is it normal for any laptop to fail in fewer than five years, or
>> is such a failure rate unique to Lenovo's laptops?
>
> not sure where you live, but static electricity can ruin any
> electronic gear in under a year. If you have heat on in the
> winter, and it is dry, you need a humidifier in the room where you
> use your computer/laptop.. lightening of course will fry anything
> it touches instantly. I've had 2 modems go out in 2 years, and they
> were plugged into APC UPSes.
Well, it had been moved around the world quite a bit. In fact I
really only used it when I was travelling and during the four-five
months of the year when I live in Thailand; for the other seven-eight
months I am usually in Toronto, Canada. The added wear and tear of
such movement may not have helped to shorten its life.
At the moment I have no plans to replace it. Instead of carrying a
laptop back and forth between Canada and Thailand later this month I
to buy a desktop in Thailand which will be left there. For other
travelling I can use my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for such things as
email access.
Regards, Ken Heard
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