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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
If I find an electronic product that satisfactorily meets my needs, I'll use it as long as I can. I don't have to have all the latest bells, whistles, and bling. My cell phone is a pay as you go bare bones Oystr (sic) that does little more than make and take phone calls, which is all I need. I wouldn't mind having the features of a smart phone but I don't need them nor the bill that comes with them. My last computer lasted me about seven years. I replaced it when my needs exceeded its ability to meet them. I upgrade software only when the upgrade has features I need or I'm forced to by obsolescence.
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But they still aren't over a decade old.
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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
I still use a TV from 1994, lol. I use it for the occasional DVD, because I don't watch regular TV. As long as it works and meets my needs, I'm using it.
That said, I'm not against this kinda research. Maybe it'll lead to lighter-weight readers, even if they're not disposable.
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OK, you got me. My parents sent a very old black&white small TV to the country to get the ocassional evening news when they go there. But that goes in the category of <it's not broken so we can't throw it away, but we don't want it in the house> category.
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Originally Posted by snipenekkid
I fully expect every reading device I own to last a minimum of a decade. My PDA's already nearly a decade old and works fine and my first Kindle is still just as horrible looking a display as the day I bought it. I also have laptops I bought as old as 2001 which I still use daily. Typing is typing and nothing other than a backlight to replace maybe once in that timespan. Of course the battery issue is the same for any device. Personally I feel any device with a non-user replaceable battery should have a 100% levy added to them.
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I don't see your PDA in the list of reading devices. You can't be that worried about the environmental footprint if you use that many devices just for reading.
And I'm impressed that you have a laptop from 2001. So is it in the original form or did you add RAM, changed the processor etc? And if it works, why did you get another one?