[ubuntu-in] OT : Theory regarding newer laptops

[Aditya M]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:34, Ramnarayan. K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok back to my theory which is that the current crop of laptops from
> most of the companies seem to have a lifespan of just a few years -
> seemingly till a few months after warranty (about 3 years) and this is
> because companies are not focusing on longevity of their machines
> because they want people to buy their latest machines.


Yes, this is not only in laptop manufacturing industry, but applies to
almost every manufacturing industry because it makes a lot of business
sense. It encourages consumerism, which is unnecessarily expensive and
extremely wasteful.
It's going to cost us in other ways soon: http://www.storyofstuff.com/


Upgrade only when you need and not because you can!


-- 
Aditya Manthramurthy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-in/attachments/20081019/ddf49144/attachment.htm