Life span of a laptop?
 

How long?

With care it really depends on the battery: http://www.geek.com/htbc/laptop/batlap.htm

Typically with electronics, if you can make it past 90 days or so, they've passed the electronic burn in period and should last many years. In short, if something electronic is going to fail, it most often fails in the first few months. The things you have to worry about are (as Witeshark said) the batteries, and mechanical drives (optical, floppy & hard drive). As far as cosmetics are concerned (hinges, keys, etc), that all depends on individual manufacturer quality control. I still have a Wallstreet G3 Powerbook from '98 that still runs . . can't do much with it nowadays, but it still powers up :)

a few monthes ago i think my friend said that those wallstreets are rare. so then i must ask for pics! (even tho its old ;))

Here ya go, in all its glory . . . a whopping 233MHz and a 12" screen :D

http://files.unitedbimmer.com/ub.c/Dudesky/ws1.jpg

Yea, rare nowadays, but still not worth anything. Best you can throw on it is OS 9.2.

buying a cooling pad ( little box with fans in it ) that goes under your laptop will help
something like this
http://www.hardwarecooling.com/image...360-USB_01.jpg

2 years before replacing them.

i plan on keeping my alienware for 4 years.

the average lifespan is considered 3 years. This is driven by business and taxes more than anything else. I have laptops that are more than 5 years old that work just fine. But after 3 years you have depreciated its value to the point where a business can no longer deduct any value from it.

yah MACRS depreciation method

^hahaha i laugh cause I know what it is.

LOl i forgot about this thread.

Thanks guys. I plan to keep my laptop until i start a full job. You know i bought my laptop in Dec 2005 and now it looks so classic compare to the lastest model..