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To: Dan3 who wrote (121073)12/7/2000 12:32:32 PM
From: WTSherman  Respond to of 186894
 
<At least, you have only speculation to go by since no 500MHZ machine is more than 20 months old at this point<

Actually, I was referring to corporate spending plans. The 30-36 month life cycle was widely used by corporations. Over the past year or so this has lengthened out to 42-48. I just threw the 500Mhz number in there because the introduction of these machines(and faster) roughly matched the time when corporate planning began to stretch out their replacement cycles.



To: Dan3 who wrote (121073)12/7/2000 1:06:35 PM
From: John Walliker  Respond to of 186894
 
Dan3,

machines sold in the last few years were less costly, and used less substantial power supplies, cases, etc. that may result in their requiring replacement earlier,

In my experience, by far the most common cause of failure is the siezing up of fan bearings in the power supply and on the processor heat sink.

I replace the defective component, but many people would simply buy a new computer.

John


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