Subj : Re: Am I The Only One Dum
To   : BOB WORM
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sat Jan 25 2025 10:09:00

³ Yes, it's funny how home users switched to mobile with a bit of tablet and we
³ didn't really notice... but looking back now it has been a long time since
³ anyone I know bought a desktop computer. I suppose it also doesn't help that a
³ 10 year old laptop is still mostly adequate for a home user - in fact I had a
³ card from a family friend this Christmas telling me that she had just retired
³ the laptop I set up for her when my son was a newborn. He's now 18 :)
ÀÄ[BW=>MP]
 
LOL, yeah don't know what it is about them as they do slow down but the
laptops seem to be kept longer.  My first laptop (1990s) ate hard drives.
IMHO, the drives that were made for it were not really rated for a machine
that gets moved around a lot.
 
The one I have now I just realized while typing this will be 10 years old
this year.  I also have an old Thinkpad that still works, and it could be
15-20 years old.
 
³ A lot of the law is unhelpful as well - one of my friends is having to scrap
³ perfectly good service provider routers in his job because they have to be
³ certified destroyed. I get it for disks but networking kit?
ÀÄ[BW=>MP]
 
Yeah, I wonder if it is because network routers often contain wireless password
and other network information (like what ports the previous owner kept
open) that could help hackers gain entry to their networks.
 
Mike
 
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