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Originally Posted by djchameleon
6 in 6 years? I've only had to replace my laptop once so I've had about 2 in 5 years.
You are doing something wrong. What company did you to go to buy a laptop?
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Well, I got my first laptop (in 2003) from Tigerdirect. It was a Compaq Presario, and it was practically DOA. Every time I shut it down, all my system files would become corrupted.
Second one was a Toshiba Satellite, which overheated constantly.
Third was, I don't even remember.. but it sucked and I had it for like a week.
Then I unwittingly got a laptop that was "made for Vista". I tried my hardest, but the hardware had no XP Drivers, so I sold it.
Ended up with an Acer... mobo went out.
Then I smartened up and got a laptop custom built. What I actually had built was a very expensive blue-screen generator. Fortunately, for the company, they ensured that it would work until the warranty was out.
As far as me not using the computers properly, I don't think that's the case. All I know is after I got out of the military, I built a desktop PC, chose all the parts myself and put it together myself, and it has been running non-stop with absolutely no problems for about 4 years. Recently built another one and it's having no issues at all.
So yea, screw a laptop. I don't care if I just got unlucky... I'm not spending any more money on a crapshoot.