tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post4209251543710787063..comments2023-09-20T04:12:45.159-07:00Comments on CKL's HotSheet is OBSOLETE: Two Years Until RetirementCKLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813803474788808773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-32011893876732436342009-01-29T12:09:00.000-08:002009-01-29T12:09:00.000-08:00When I left my employer last year, they had just i...When I left my employer last year, they had just increased the expected life of a laptop from 3 years to 5 years. There was much despair on the parts of my coworkers on the 3-year threshold, who had been so excited about getting brand-new laptops. I was one of the people with a 3-year-old laptop, but it's hard to care that much when you're leaving the company.<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm writing this comment (and almost all of my other writings) on Big Bertha, the honkin' Dell laptop I bought back in 2005. She runs hot, but she still gets the job done....DeeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754787580496239398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-3687872848433378782009-01-29T12:08:00.000-08:002009-01-29T12:08:00.000-08:00My philosophy on replacing hardware is more like t...My philosophy on replacing hardware is more like the military's: use it until you can't repair it, and then spend billions of dollars on an excessive upgrade. :) My desktop PC is over 11 years old, and the only thing I've had to replace is the power supply. I used my last work laptop for over four years--the entire length of my employment.<BR/><BR/>I got my current laptop mostly so I could play Portal and Spore. It's completely overpowered for most normal applications, though Firefox 3 is starting to challenge it. (Oh snap!)<BR/><BR/>Most of my data lives in Google Apps, on a thumb drive, or in Dropbox. I still need a local hard drive for music and video, but I dream of the day when fast wireless broadband is available everywhere and I can use a true palmtop for my daily computing (email, blogging, web browsing).CKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813803474788808773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12536328.post-27127361190483465912009-01-29T08:34:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:34:00.000-08:00I've never purchased a laptop, but I've used 4 dif...I've never purchased a laptop, but I've used 4 different ones through work: and the never seem to last more than 18 months or so. And I just /abhor/ having to reinstall software and copy data. They (whoever "they" is) need to devise a simple automated procedure for "make this computer do everything that computer does."Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463294628385475922noreply@blogger.com