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Hello Robert - At 05:35 AM 9/27/2003 -0500, you wrote: >J> My personal experiences with the dry, low-humidity, higher ambient >J> temperatures of CA, NV, and AZ where we sell proprietary computer based >J> systems the LCD life expectancy is very good. I have not seen very many >J> nits which have pixel drop out either. Of course the systems we sell are >J> high-end cost wise thus the LCD displays are more costly. However, the >J> Viewsonic LCD I have seen are lasting at least four years and a few are >J> six years old (15-inchers which cost a heck of a lot of money back then). > >My vintage collection is mostly laptops, due to space considerations, >and the screens are all in pretty good shape... a dead pixel here and >there, a a couple slightly dim backlights, but no warping, or anything >like that. I have had a few arrive with loose wires that needed >tightening, to get the LCDs working, but a little tape fixed that. [...] >My laptop collections is composed of GRiD 1520s, 2260s, and 2360s (the >titanium cased military models, and a few GRiD 1910 series tablets, >and Zenith 8086, IBM 8086, Compaq, and Apple Mac machines, so I guess >they would have been high quality machines, when new... especially the >GRiD's, which are really impressive machines. As you say, more expensive machines will contradict any 'general concensus' about computers. I agree with the earlier comment that 4-5 years for LCD would be most likely and I also stand by my observation that 10 years is most likely the lifespan for a standard VGA monitor. Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ --=======15B35C00======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3A145060 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 --=======15B35C00=======-- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
