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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Adelaide SA
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Seen many a top shelf item and brand fail miserably well within its warranty period, yes you can always expect a dud here and there but by no means will i believe you always get what you pay for. Just like all the 5-6 year old name brand air cons that i get asked to replace due to compressor failures, it far out weights the 15 year old battlers i come across still going fine
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Brad
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 5,827
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Laptop developement will slow down just like the desktop did to an extent. You buy a good laptop now and I gaurentee you by the requirements on games and programs in 5 years times it will still have more than enough power. Im going to be building my own laptop or desktop soon, but nowadays a graphics card will drive 3 monitors at 1080p. Also anything over 8gb ram is really for show. Also just because they are producing something more powerful doesnt mean it will ever be used in the immediate future if ever. Just like 600Hz Tvs ![]() Last edited by 99AUXR; 26-10-2012 at 06:02 PM. |
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Brad
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 5,827
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Great Wall motor vehicles cheap trucks vs a ranger? Your paying for more. I'd also be willing to bet that that 7 yr old design will fail long before the more expensive ranger etc. |
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Location: Morayfield
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Compaq use to be a premium brand. I priced up a 386 once, cost over $8K which was a lot of $$$ back then. The quote came on beautiful embossed paper in a nice sleeve.
Then they were bought out ....
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Brad
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New Zealand
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,011
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My Dewalt power tools have seemed to last a lot longer than the Makita stuff I've used over the last 2 years, the only thing I've killed was one 10.8v lithium battery.
I use my drills constantly with hole saws around 60mm in diameter through steel, both of my 1/4" impact guns gets a workout each day taking out bolts and putting them back in, my 18V fluro light has been dropped plenty of times. I guess if you buy quality, you only spend the money once, it can be a bad move buying price over quality it will just cost you more in the long run really. One thing I find rather odd though is modern washing machines don't seem to last as long as the ones from the early 90s and before. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 13,372
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Well I hope my Dell XPS 17 Win7 will go the distance given my P4 XP rig lasted the better part of 10 years. Only reason why I didn't get it fixed was because pretty much every part was obsolete.
The P4 CPU could probably still go on plugging considering it had no thermo paste on it for most of those years and the fan was forever clogged with dust and still didn't burn out. I still use my 80gb IDE hard drive from it as a backup in fact and it has taken a lot of punishment. |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 152
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I have a coupe that`s lasted pretty well.
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