Comments on: Can a computer last 10 years? It depends https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-a-computer-last-10-years-it-depends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-a-computer-last-10-years-it-depends David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 31 Oct 2021 02:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Giordano https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-a-computer-last-10-years-it-depends/#comment-56056 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:37:40 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=26565#comment-56056 I am using a 10+ year old HP Elitebook 8440p. Battery is gone and there is no point in replacing it so I am using it as a desktop computer. Some of the internal keyboard keys are missing and it’s difficult to find a replacement keyboard, at least in EU but I rarely use the internal keyboard, only when travelling.

Of course I am using the laptop just for surfing the web, office apps some other low power applications but it is still working great with it’s Samsung SSD and 8GB of RAM.

Only issue I have is with the CPU easily overheating. I think it’s a ‘feature’ of this laptop model and it certainly needs a new drop of thermal paste as it sometimes shuts off abruptly when using Zoom.

Overall I am very satisfied of this laptop and I am finding difficult to replace it with a newer model, especially because some of the new laptops have a non-removable battery and as I will be using the laptop as a desktop for 95% of the time, always on, I am pretty sure the battery won’t last long.

]]> By: njmwkm https://dfarq.homeip.net/can-a-computer-last-10-years-it-depends/#comment-56042 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 01:29:19 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=26565#comment-56042 I agree. Also a similar rule seems to more and more apply to another popular consumer electronics – smartphones. Their power goes higher and higher for last several years and now there are many 5 year old devices which seem to be completely usable nowadays, at least in terms of performance. The problem is their operating system heavily depends on particular hardware which makes their longevity more dependent on the devices’ producers decisions regarding software upgrades and general device support. This applies also to Apple devices but they have longer software support period which makes this limitation less felt.

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