On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:21:59 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

The other day I was bragging about my old Vista HP laptop and how well
it still worked after almost 7 years of use and rarely ever being turned
off.

Well, it just died. Screen suddenly went black and lots of crackling
sounds out of the speakers. Now it won't boot up. The little hard
drive light that normally flashes while in operation is not lit at all.

Can't complain. Got my money's worth out of it.

Dug out the Win 7 laptop that I've been saving as a backup. Haven't
used it at all since last December when I took a trip down to South
Carolina. Hope to get a few years out of it.

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7 years from a well used laptop is pretty good in my experience. I've
only one that did better. It was an old Panasonic Toughbook that I
bought "off lease" about 10 years ago. The hard drive finally croaked
last summer after I left it turned on in bright sunlight on a hot day.