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And a good point it is, Jeff...both my work and personal laptops are over 3 years old and still kicking butt, no functionality problems...and I don't foresee any reason to get a new one for another year or so, maybe more. Both have XP on them, and both have what were the fastest processors on the market when I bought them. The key is to refresh every once in a while. I find people all of the time with PCs that are 8+ years old....crazy. No wonder the have problems and can't run some software...they are behind about 5 operating systems. No shit! That could be a problem, and then they try to load a new OS on an old computer, which is a huge can of worms and generates hardware/software performance and compatibility issues. People wait too long before they refresh is the point. Why would you two not consider a laptop roadworthy? Roadworthy in what respect? My laptop is my only computer for work. I use it at home, drag it around the house with wi-fi, take it on the road for business trips, etc, etc. I don't stick it in a bag and check it in on my flight (well, I did for Y2K5 wit no problems), but I don't know anyone who does this on a regular basis. It is more roadworthy than some gear I have, such as the EDP controller with those fragile buttons. What are we expecting of a laptop to be roadworthy? Treat it as any other piece of high end floor gear, and we'll be fine. Maybe consumer laptops are relatively "disposable) but not high end commercial models, which most of you don't buy, btw. My work laptop ran for about $4000 +. Commercial boxes are much, much more reliable, sturdy, and higher performance than most consumer boxes. This is why fortune 100 companies buy them for their employees...not some cheap "on sale" consumer box, where the manufacture only makes $15 on them after the retail sale. These days, I can say for a fact, most of my peers at Hewlett-Packard use laptops as their primary computers, and they use them for years with no major problems. These commerical laptops are build to last and perform very efficiently. Kris > My point here was that most people dispose of their computers not > because they stop working, but because they can't run the latest > software. Salesmen cart a laptop to "gigs" almost every day for > years. They get rid of them because they can't run PowerPoint 2010. > If you're willing to freeze your expectations, there's no reason except > hardware failure why you can't use a computer for more than 10 years. > Sure they break, they depreciate in monetary value. But they do not > depreciate in function. > > But I completely agree that laptops are not as roadworthy over the > long run as dedicated hardware without disk drives. If I were a > gigging musician I would be worried about them. And I agree that > computers are disposable. In some respects that's an advantage > because you can always move your stuff to a newer more powerful model. > > Jeff > > >