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BuddyBoy · 10-24-2009, 08:42 PM

I voted 5 years as MTBF - mean time before failure - barring any accidents of course (I cracked the screen on 2 Rocket eBooks in the first year!).

I tend to consider the active lifetime as a preferred gadget limited based on the attractiveness of new models. Starting with the PRS-500 I purchased the new model each year until the 700, which I returned. Since then, I'll be happy to get three years before succumbing to the charms of a new model, but my old one will likely live on either as a passed down model or sold here or ebay.

All that said, I do still have a working RCA 1100, RCA 1200, Gemstar 1150, Gemstar 2150 and eBookwise 1150.

10-24-2009, 08:42 PM	#51
BuddyBoy eBookin' Fool Posts: 310 Karma: 1008360 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, KK, iPad (Ex Prs 505, 500, Reb1100-2150, Rocket)	I voted 5 years as MTBF - mean time before failure - barring any accidents of course (I cracked the screen on 2 Rocket eBooks in the first year!). I tend to consider the active lifetime as a preferred gadget limited based on the attractiveness of new models. Starting with the PRS-500 I purchased the new model each year until the 700, which I returned. Since then, I'll be happy to get three years before succumbing to the charms of a new model, but my old one will likely live on either as a passed down model or sold here or ebay. All that said, I do still have a working RCA 1100, RCA 1200, Gemstar 1150, Gemstar 2150 and eBookwise 1150.