On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:34, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok back to my theory which is that the current crop of laptops from > most of the companies seem to have a lifespan of just a few years - > seemingly till a few months after warranty (about 3 years) and this is > because companies are not focusing on longevity of their machines > because they want people to buy their latest machines. Yes, this is not only in laptop manufacturing industry, but applies to almost every manufacturing industry because it makes a lot of business sense. It encourages consumerism, which is unnecessarily expensive and extremely wasteful. It's going to cost us in other ways soon: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Upgrade only when you need and not because you can! -- Aditya Manthramurthy
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