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« on: April 29, 2012, 04:38:41 PM » |
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2007 i bought a $1000 hp laptop with a extended warranty that is up next week. they offered me an additional 3 years for $318.00 . its been back about 8 x. usb ports, screen went bad, hinges broke stuff like that. do you think its worth it to renew or if it breaks again but a new one? my son was saying they are reasonably priced now!
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Jim 134
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2012, 04:47:22 PM » |
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2007 i bought a $1000 hp laptop with a extended warranty that is up next week. they offered me an additional 3 years for $318.00 . its been back about 8 x. usb ports, screen went bad, hinges broke stuff like that. do you think its worth it to renew or if it breaks again but a new one? my son was saying they are reasonably priced now!
At is 5 YEARS OLD give up Just my $0.02 BEE HAPPY Jim 134  |
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AllenF
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2012, 04:58:27 PM » |
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$400 will get you a brand new lap top, with a new battery (which I am sure yours is worn out like mine), and twice the horse power on everything.
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kathyp
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2012, 05:36:08 PM » |
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i agree. for a little more than the renew price you can buy a better and faster laptop. next time it breaks, replace.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2012, 05:58:59 PM » |
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I agree with the others.......don't buy a new warranty. Typically you are going to get 4-6 years out of a computer. By then the technology has changed so much that it isn't worth repairing.
Like you, I buy an extended warranty when I purchase a new computer and that gives me 3-4 years of coverage. After that point, I keep my fingers crossed and when things start going wrong --or it dies, I get a new one.
One thing I did learn the hard way many years ago. Always, always, always have at least one and optimally two backups of your hard drive. I lost everything once and for weeks was weeping with frustration at my stupidity. I teach and all my lessons, grades and research vaporized. I have never made that mistake again!
Good luck
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kathyp
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2012, 06:16:03 PM » |
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good point. a large backup drive is pretty cheap to by and priceless when you brick your computer!!
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2012, 10:22:42 PM » |
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Be aware that a "new" PC will come with Windows 7, and none of your existing software will run on it. But it will take you to the "cloud".
Have fun!
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2012, 10:42:59 PM » |
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oh, lots of your older stuff will still run on windows 7. sometimes if it's really old you have to run it in compatibility mode. probably nothing much before XP, but that and Vista stuff should run fine.
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"Nay, it [this constitution of government] must perish, if there be not that vital spirit in the people, which alone can nourish, sustain, and direct all its movements. It is in vain, that statesmen shall form plans of government, in which the beauty and harmony of a republic shall be embodied in visible order, shall be built up on solid substructions, and adorned by every useful ornament, if the inhabitants suffer the silent power of time to dilapidate its walls, or crumble its massy supporters into dust; if the assaults from without are never resisted, and the rottenness and mining from within are never guarded against. Who can preserve the rights and liberties of the people, when they shall be abandoned by themselves? Who shall keep watch in the temple, when the watchmen sleep at their posts? Who shall call upon the people to redeem their possessions, and revive the republic, when their own hands have deliberately and corruptly surrendered them to the oppressor, and have built the prisons, or dug the graves of their own friends?
– Justice Joseph Story, "Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States," Volume II, Chapter XIII: Mode of Passing Laws, Sections 900-901, pp. 364 (1833)
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