Well, I guess that answers that.
I am not a poor man, but I am certainly not a wealthy man. I don't re-use coffee grounds, and I don't save table scraps for stew... But I can't wrap my brain around a $2,000 "disposable" laptop.
I do understand statistical reliability, and how warranties are put together (I now - thank you - remember the Monday 8AM class in Stats I had to suffer through in grad school. Thanks for the pain).
But warranties are frequently are SHORTER than the expected acceptable life, so the moron who cleans his disk drive with soapy water can't turn it in under warranty.
I am dealing with a situation where a piece of immobile electronics just stopped working... And because of the economics of technology, repair costs about twice what replacement would.
But I still feel totally ripped off by Dell. I never felt this tool was "disposable", but apparently, the people who sold it to me, do feel that way. And that's irritating.
So what do others think - how long is "long enough"?