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In article , android
wrote:

Not sure how you can so relibley know how long any computer will last.

No one can. But three years is the limit for Apples extended warranty
"Apple Care"... If you buy an iMac you should plan for your next
purchase within 3 years.

nonsense.

just because the warranty expires doesn't mean the computer does.

never said so. you're lyingly twisting me words! so stop doing that!!

that is what you said.

why plan for a new purchase if the computer continues to work?

i only said that if you wan't to have your tco in check you better do
the above...

which is totally wrong.

computers can keep working for years. they may not be able to run the
latest software, but if what they're doing is sufficient then there's
no reason to replace it.

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nospam wrote:

In article , android
wrote:

Not sure how you can so relibley know how long any computer will last.

No one can. But three years is the limit for Apples extended warranty
"Apple Care"... If you buy an iMac you should plan for your next
purchase within 3 years.

nonsense.

just because the warranty expires doesn't mean the computer does.

never said so. you're lyingly twisting me words! so stop doing that!!

that is what you said.

no. learn to read.

why plan for a new purchase if the computer continues to work?

imacs are not meant to user fixable. stuff like that tend to die without
warning. then the computer needs to be replaced.

i only said that if you wan't to have your tco in check you better do
the above...

which is totally wrong.

no it's not.

computers can keep working for years. they may not be able to run the
latest software, but if what they're doing is sufficient then there's
no reason to replace it.

were talking imacs here...
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In article , android
wrote:

why plan for a new purchase if the computer continues to work?

imacs are not meant to user fixable.

neither are cars, tvs, microwave ovens and just about everything else.
so what?

stuff like that tend to die without
warning. then the computer needs to be replaced.

nonsense. imacs don't tend to die without warning and if they do fail,
you take it to a repair shop and have it fixed.

i only said that if you wan't to have your tco in check you better do
the above...

which is totally wrong.

no it's not.

it is.

computers can keep working for years. they may not be able to run the
latest software, but if what they're doing is sufficient then there's
no reason to replace it.

were talking imacs here...

you might be, but the imac is not the only mac apple makes and this
applies to non-apple products too.

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nospam wrote:

In article , android
wrote:

why plan for a new purchase if the computer continues to work?

imacs are not meant to user fixable.

neither are cars, tvs, microwave ovens and just about everything else.
so what?

thus you have to plan the cost of repair an ultimately renewal...

stuff like that tend to die without
warning. then the computer needs to be replaced.

nonsense. imacs don't tend to die without warning and if they do fail,
you take it to a repair shop and have it fixed.

having a three year old computer professionally repaired at a shop would
usually be a waste of time and money. imnsho. hobbyist do it for kicks
but we are talking average users here...

i only said that if you wan't to have your tco in check you better do
the above...

which is totally wrong.

no it's not.

it is.

not

computers can keep working for years. they may not be able to run the
latest software, but if what they're doing is sufficient then there's
no reason to replace it.

were talking imacs here...

you might be, but the imac is not the only mac apple makes and this
applies to non-apple products too.

those gadgets were not on the agenda...
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In article , android
wrote:

why plan for a new purchase if the computer continues to work?

imacs are not meant to user fixable.

neither are cars, tvs, microwave ovens and just about everything else.
so what?

thus you have to plan the cost of repair an ultimately renewal...

eventually, but not at 3 years.

stuff like that tend to die without
warning. then the computer needs to be replaced.

nonsense. imacs don't tend to die without warning and if they do fail,
you take it to a repair shop and have it fixed.

having a three year old computer professionally repaired at a shop would
usually be a waste of time and money. imnsho. hobbyist do it for kicks
but we are talking average users here...

not necessarily. it depends what's wrong.

commonly, a hard drive fails, which is not expensive to replace, and if
it's replaced with an ssd, it breathes new life into the system.

computers can keep working for years. they may not be able to run the
latest software, but if what they're doing is sufficient then there's
no reason to replace it.

were talking imacs here...

you might be, but the imac is not the only mac apple makes and this
applies to non-apple products too.

those gadgets were not on the agenda...

i wasn't talking about gadgets.

apple sells 3 times as many mac laptops as they do desktops, and the
desktops include not just the imac, but the mac mini and mac pro.

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i wasn't talking about gadgets.

this subthread started with a discussion about a poster pondering wether
to buy a imac. i've been talking about imacs here. nothing else. eod
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In article , android
wrote:

i wasn't talking about gadgets.

this subthread started with a discussion about a poster pondering wether
to buy a imac. i've been talking about imacs here. nothing else. eod

it doesn't matter what computer it is. there is no reason to replace it
just because the warranty ran out.

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nospam wrote:

In article , android
wrote:

i wasn't talking about gadgets.

this subthread started with a discussion about a poster pondering wether
to buy a imac. i've been talking about imacs here. nothing else. eod

it doesn't matter what computer it is. there is no reason to replace it
just because the warranty ran out.

you're are desperately arguing against a statement that's your own.
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In article , android
wrote:

i wasn't talking about gadgets.

this subthread started with a discussion about a poster pondering wether
to buy a imac. i've been talking about imacs here. nothing else. eod

it doesn't matter what computer it is. there is no reason to replace it
just because the warranty ran out.

you're are desperately arguing against a statement that's your own.

nope, and so much for your eod.

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In article , J. Clarke
wrote:

I have an 9 year old Acer running Windows XP which is a 13 year old
operating system last updated 6 years ago. It doesn't quite do
everything I want to do but it suits my wife's purposes very well.

what exists on it still works, but it run cs6, lr5, windows 7 and
certainly windows 10.

And if one only needs the apps it currently runs, there is no reason to
upgrade.

What is "Windows 10"? Has Microsoft skipped a major release?

the successor to windows 8 is windows 10.

yeahh. win nine went down the drain... \|/

And odds are that that Acer will run Windows 7 or Windows 8 just fine.

that's an unusual definition of 'just fine'.

I'm wondering what's "unusual" about that definition of "just fine". 9
years ago would be 2005, which is a multi-GHz processor, possibly
multicore and 64-bit, that can run Windows 7 and 8 without any problems
at all. Might be slower than the latest super whizzbang but so is a low
end machine today.