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| From | Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? |
| Date | 2016-03-10 14:31 +0100 |
| Organization | Me, Myself and I |
| Message-ID | <aj98rc-vn9.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> (permalink) |
| References | <b7e57958-7814-4742-affb-cdfd233ddda6@googlegroups.com> <slrnne2bio.983.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de> |
In article <slrnne2bio.983.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de>, Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> wrote: >On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:00:59 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com ><hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >> How long do people typically keep their personal PCs? Do people >> replace it because of obsolescence/lack of power, or because >> it is broken*? > >Usually 7-8 years, replaced 'cos of the need for more of everything! >This one is 2008 and about to be replaced. > >> >> Likewise for PCs used in business? How long are they kept in service? > >Most of my home PCs* have been ex-corporate ones being replaced. These >are usually 3-5 years old so that seems to be about the normal >life-time, here in the UK at least. > >* I've sourced quite a few for friends and relatives too. Ditto. I get refurb slightly more than 3 year old computers (hard disk changed and memory maxed out, bad keys changed and a general wash/vacuum) for around $200, new price was ~600-~900. This is without OS, which is OK since I run Linux or FreeBSD on them anyway. The history of my computers are : faxe pentium-II 900Mhz 2002, died last summer; something in the boot process broke. kirov pentium-II 1.6GHz 2004, reinstalled linux last summer weee celeron, 1.5GHz, 2006, runs freebsd and is my firewall number two veggen celeron, 1.4Ghz, 2009, runs openbsd and is my firewall number one wair i5, 2012, 1.8GHz runs linux and sometimes windows-7. wacer i3, 2013, 1.4Ghz, linux (old windows computer) eplet ??, 2008, macbook, 1.6GHz, still with apple-os 10.4. Also has xp under parallells. odroid hardkernel arm7, 2013, linux odroid2 hardkernel arm7, 2013, linux odroid3 hardkernel arm7, 2014, linux odroid4 hardkernel arm7, 2015, linux xu3 hardkernel arm7, 2015, linux phidgets phidgets, arm6, 2011, linux rasp raspberrypi B, 2013, linux rasp2 raspberrypi B, 2014, linux rasp3 raspberrypi B, 2015, linux rasp4 raspberrypi B, 2015, freebsd rasbb raspberrypi 2, 2016, freebsd lamaker bananapi, 2014, linux lemaker bananapi, 2014, linux limaker bananapi, 2015, linux lomaker bananapi, 2015, linux sambook samsung chromebook, arch linux sambook2 samsung chromebook, arch linux chromebook samsung chromebook2, chrome os There are 2/3rds arm processors here at the moment, and I have started migrating lots of the old intel code over. The arm processors generally use around 7% as much power as the intel modern conterparts, and far less than the older ones. -- mrr
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Typical service life of residential and business PC? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-03-09 16:00 -0800
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-03-09 19:07 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? "Sam Crean" <sg55443@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 12:31 +1100
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-03-09 21:38 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-03-10 04:13 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? timcaffrey420@gmail.com - 2016-03-09 19:58 -0800
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-03-09 22:29 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-03-09 22:30 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-03-10 02:07 -0400
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-03-10 08:20 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-03-10 14:31 +0100
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-03-10 08:22 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-03-10 17:02 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-03-10 14:10 -0500
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-03-10 14:43 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-03-11 08:14 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-03-10 09:21 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-03-10 10:22 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-03-10 15:19 +0100
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-03-10 11:02 +0100
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-10 06:30 -0700
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-10 14:47 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-10 09:01 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-03-11 21:49 -0600
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-03-10 14:12 -0500
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2016-05-02 09:51 +0100
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) - 2016-05-03 20:40 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-03 17:40 -0400
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-03 23:03 -0400
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-04 12:54 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-04 10:08 -0400
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? pechter@pechter.net (William Pechter) - 2016-05-04 20:36 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? jhhaynes@earthlink.net - 2016-05-03 19:53 -0700
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2016-05-04 14:42 -0500
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 22:43 -0400
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-05 08:37 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-05-05 13:26 -0500
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-05 20:13 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-06 14:09 +0200
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-06 19:42 +0000
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-07 02:42 +0200
Re: Typical service life of residential and business PC? pechter@pechter.net (William Pechter) - 2016-05-09 22:53 +0000
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