subject: Laptop Computers Lasting Longer Than in Previous Years [print this page] Laptop Computers Lasting Longer Than in Previous Years
One strategy which no one ever really liked, or I should say no one who'd ever bought a new car is the concept of planned obsolescence. In other words, building a car which breaks just about the time it's paid off, or in time for someone to buy a new model. This way the car that they have needs repairs, and rather than keep fixing their old car, they simply buy a new one. Indeed, this is really good for the automobile manufactures, but very much of upsets automobile owners.
Over the years, I've owned many laptops, and back in the day I remember paying upwards of $5,000 to $6000 for the top-of-the-line model. Today you can get a really decent laptop computer for under $700 in the US if you find it on sale. Amazingly enough, my current computer is running quite well, and I'm surprised it hasn't broken yet. Maybe I shouldn't say that, as I might cause it to go out. Still, I wonder because none of my other laptops have ever lasted this long - perhaps computer companies have made a mistake in building laptops which are more durable now.
Apparently, some of the laptops which were previously made were not designed very well at all and they had cheap components, and this is why competition in the marketplace along with Six Sigma manufacturing technologies, and ISO 9000 total quality management strategies caused companies to compete for durability and longevity. In this case the consumer wins, but indeed the industry may not.
Of course, the industry can build other things such as notebooks, tablets, and more robust smart phones. It seems that everyone in the industry is now making all of these types of items, so it may not have mattered too much if they built laptops which are too durable, and no longer break every two years. As a satisfied owner of an HP computer, I am a happy camper, and I dedicate this article to the HP Team, thank you for your hard work and great products. Please consider all this.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 21,600 articles was a lot of work - because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off..
