If 6 years are the idea then I used Toshiba lap top bought in 1987 for 12- 13 years. The battery was replaced by company supplied battery once, then another locally rigged up battery and finally there was no replacement available.
By 1995, I was still playing chess on it but battery would not last the whole game. I did not like playing with it connected to power.
It was finally abandoned in 2001 but was still in working condition.
With best wishes,
With best wishes,
P. K. Saha
>> What ever happened to the notion that building something to last was a very good idea?
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> That concept was given decent burial ages ago in consumer electronics where the progress meant faster, better and cheaper every year.
> PKS
What do you mean by "last"?
I used by Amiga 4000 computer for 6 years after the company went out of business, when it finally died and there was no one to resuscitate it.
Plenty of people are using Mac laptops and desktops in excess of 6 years old.
Microsoft, by their ads, seems to think that today's 2-year-olds will "grow up" using Windows 10.
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