BlahX3
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Date: July 25, 2012 02:09AM
Too funny.
woberto
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Date: July 25, 2012 02:31AM
I've never heard of a webcam breaking.
In fact, over several hundred computers I have owned and worked on, the HDD is the only thing mechanical that has ever failed. Apart from a LAN card that switched itself to 10base permanently without telling anyone. That took a while to diagnose.
pulse
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Date: July 25, 2012 11:34AM
My father-in-law's webcam broke recently. It was an external USB one, but stopped functioning for no discernable reason.
My Macbook Airs over the years have had to go back several times for a HD replacement on the SSD (and the Air v1 was mechanical). Never had an issue with my multiple Dell, Toshiba or Samsung laptops over the years and if they were out of warranty it would've been piss easy to swap them anyway. Except I don't want to have to go and buy a socket set with Apple compatible screwdrivers to open the Airs...
Likewise, I had an issue recently with my Dell U2711 screen. It was replaced next day, not an issue. Didn't lose my computer, the hard drive, didn't have to back it up or anything else when it was replaced...
All in one systems make no sense to me.
fossil_digger
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Date: July 25, 2012 01:18PM
my girl gave her all in one HP to her daughter. it crapped out last month due to no cooling whatsoever i assume. replaced the HD and bingo! good for another month.
i gave them an old 40Gb hewlet packard drive i had and kept their 500Gb.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 25/07/2012 01:19PM by fossil_digger.
BlahX3
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Date: July 25, 2012 03:35PM
Good deal Digger.
I have seen just about everything that could possibly go wrong with a computer go wrong but I have been a computer tech for over 25 years so that's not surprising to me at all. I've had plenty of opportunities to screw things up too and definitely have done my share of damage. Fortunately my fix to destroy ratio has been pretty good.