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Planned obsolesence. Is it real?

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September 14, 2011 10:23:07 PM



It makes sense I mean I don't doubt evil of major corporation. I always had a feeling about this with computers you buy in the stores. Yea sure alot of people make custom computers with every single part but for the most part people just go buy a built one like HP etc. With Hp especially I've heard some disaster stories just only after 2 years. I know 2 years for some might be a lifetime in the hardware world. But for alot of people 2 year old computers can run basically what the general public want to use, internet, maybe watch a movie, email etc. The people who use computers for their job though thats different of course and more painful as work can be lost. And I wonder just how far these things can go. I know spending 3000$ on a new computer and then it fail 2 years down the road sucks.

I'm just spitballin here I dont mean to offend anyone.

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September 15, 2011 1:11:40 PM

Well if you only need the basic function (email, movie, internet etc), you can get a computer for like $500, so even if it die after 2 years, it is not so bad. Also, if you have a habit of backing up your files, a computer failure is not too bad.
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September 16, 2011 2:28:10 AM

Pyree said:
Well if you only need the basic function (email, movie, internet etc), you can get a computer for like $500, so even if it die after 2 years, it is not so bad. Also, if you have a habit of backing up your files, a computer failure is not too bad.


Yea, i feel ya. But the thing that got me, if you watched the video, the guy with the printer found that a small chip in his printers board basically told the machine to fail after so many prints. And he found this russian dude (freakin awesome guy btw) who gave him this software that reset this number back to 0 and the printer worked again. I know millions of people would be out of work right now though if planned obsolescence wasn't in possibly every product out there. People wouldn't buy etc.
idk it just kinda opened my eyes to how much we consume and how the economy would fail if things didnt break.
I just thought i'd share this.
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September 16, 2011 3:53:35 AM

Consumer electronic good fail soon after warranty expire almost never happen to me. They often either fail early so I get warranty cover or they last for long time until I replace them. I had only one laptop die on me soon after warranty expire. But I attribute it to the fact that I handle it not as gentle as the manufacturer intended and that brand I choose does not have the best reputation for quality (ok it was an Acer). But I have several friends using Acer well over 3-4 years. I don't think there is a wide spread problem of planned obsolesence.
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October 7, 2011 4:35:38 PM

The "force fail" in printers does exist. Printers that are printing out of their duty cycle and older print cartridges can cause a lot of problems, which is my only guess as to why they do it. With laser printers age can be a huge problem. Even if people sometimes have laser printers that are old(I had one for a mac classic that ran until I gave it away 2 years ago) most fail in some way or another.
Laptops and desktops don't really have planned obsolescence beyond poor component quality sometimes making them wear out faster. I was seeing 1990s IBM, Dell and Apple machines when I stopped consulting 2 years ago. Usually most electronics will be abused to death before long anyhow
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