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| Thread ID: 90072 | 2008-05-22 06:12:00 | How long should a motherboard last for? | mntbkrnzl (13771) | Press F1 |
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| 671542 | 2008-05-23 05:51:00 | Yes. And laptop parts are fragile. Take a look at the DVD for instance, open the tray and the entire guts comes with it. As for what you spend on the PC, MurrayP, thats irrelevant. PCs are known to be obsolete in 5 minutes, makes no difference if you paid $5000 for it. 3 years is a reasonable time for a motherboard, after 3 years a lot of people won't care because they'll be getting another. Its why I tell people brand of the PARTS matters, not the label on the outside of the case. I've seen ASUS boards 9 years old and still happily going. Pctek, I beg to differ. The economic obsolescence, or ,marked drop in price as soon as an item leaves a store, has no relevance, that's an entirely different function to life expectancy and value for money, i.e. If the item did not retain some significant value (as opposed to price) to the purchaser then there would be no point in expectations of longevity (life expectancy). We do however expect to get value for money and more often than not, that value is derived from a combination of function, brand image, look & feel (image) and build quality (or reputation for same) and, part of the quality will be a perception of how long a particular item should last. Some peoples perceptions of those factors will even be influenced by price - the more they pay the better it must be therefore the more satisfied they will be (never charge too little for your time/services, it cheapens the service you provide and can even effect payment/debt.). As an aside. The drop in price is not unique to computers, it occurs to most consumer goods, be they electronics, white ware, vehicles, clothing, etc, etc. That factor is a reflection of an items desirability in an economic sense, not it's usefulness or value to the purchaser. Of course some items will have a higher 2nd hand price than others, but those items will generally still be in ratio with their original cost. Exceptions occur with high value items that are scarce and desirable; a McLaren F1 sports car for e.g. Remembering that value is often subjective, even if widely accepted. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 671543 | 2008-05-23 05:54:00 | BTW, I'm a big fan of Asus boards through reputation and personal experience. I'd be highly pissed off if one failed on me prematurely. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 671544 | 2008-05-25 21:33:00 | Sale of Goods Act I recall says they should be suitable for purpose designed for etc. And be of reasonable standards to last. If you ask for it to be suitable to last for say three years and it is no good after eighteen months then retailer has mislead you. I have a brother who also had no end of problem with Acre computer and spent the first half of warranty period going back and forwards to Dick Smith. Final outshot he managed to get his money back. Anyway here is a link for a couple of sites to check out. http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/ http://www.comcom.govt.nz/ Hope they can help out. We had problem with Fisher and Paykel Dishwasher. [Elba.] They dont supply a warranty and never came with vital parts to install and Fisher and Paykel service or lack of it waiting 3 weeks for parts and never arriving so took it back to retailer in the end to get a replacement of differnt make. Forgot to metion I got a Asus Motherboard and only lasted for about 10 minutes and had to send it back for replacement and they failed to replace and took 4 months to get money back. Keep away from that brand is my recomendation. |
Brassed Off (6217) | ||
| 671545 | 2008-05-25 21:39:00 | The drop in price is not unique to computers, it occurs to most consumer goods, be they electronics, white ware, vehicles, clothing, etc, etc. But nothing depreciates as fast as computers. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 671546 | 2008-06-10 12:41:00 | Well time to close this thread off with the news that Acer NZ came to the party and replaced the motherboard free of charge despite the fact my lappy was out of its warranty so good on yah Acer NZ - you have restored my faith. | mntbkrnzl (13771) | ||
| 671547 | 2008-06-10 13:02:00 | hehe i've got some reeeeeeaal oldies, i got a toshiba satellite 2110(killed the screen unfortunatly) 486 running 95, a toshy satellite 420 (pentium running 98SE) and a compaq armada 1750 running 98SE with mods to the UI. asside from the toshy 2110 (which needed a battery pack rebuild and is being used as a "desktop") the batteries last at least an hour and a half and i am surprised they lasted this long (the compaq is acting like a fly in honey at the moment, jams up unexpectedly) | williamF (115) | ||
| 671548 | 2008-06-10 21:16:00 | But nothing depreciates as fast as computers. Cars do!! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 671549 | 2008-06-10 22:09:00 | Cars do!! Especially large ones at the moment. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 671550 | 2008-06-11 06:52:00 | Especially large ones at the moment. They are depreciating like REAL FAST!!! |
kevin7904 (13772) | ||
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