BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: July 25, 2012 02:09AM
Too funny.
woberto Report This Comment Date: July 25, 2012 02:31AM
I've never heard of a webcam breaking.
In fact, over several hundred computers I have owned and worked on, the HDD is
the only thing mechanical that has ever failed. Apart from a LAN card that
switched itself to 10base permanently without telling anyone. That took a while
to diagnose.
pulse Report This Comment Date: July 25, 2012 11:34AM
My father-in-law's webcam broke recently. It was an external USB one, but
stopped functioning for no discernable reason.
My Macbook Airs over the years have had to go back several times for a HD
replacement on the SSD (and the Air v1 was mechanical). Never had an issue with
my multiple Dell, Toshiba or Samsung laptops over the years and if they were out
of warranty it would've been piss easy to swap them anyway. Except I don't want
to have to go and buy a socket set with Apple compatible screwdrivers to open
the Airs...
Likewise, I had an issue recently with my Dell U2711 screen. It was replaced
next day, not an issue. Didn't lose my computer, the hard drive, didn't have to
back it up or anything else when it was replaced...
All in one systems make no sense to me.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: July 25, 2012 01:18PM
my girl gave her all in one HP to her daughter. it crapped out last month due
to no cooling whatsoever i assume. replaced the HD and bingo! good for another
month.
i gave them an old 40Gb hewlet packard drive i had and kept their 500Gb.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 25/07/2012 01:19PM by fossil_digger.
BlahX3 Report This Comment Date: July 25, 2012 03:35PM
Good deal Digger.
I have seen just about everything that could possibly go wrong with a computer
go wrong but I have been a computer tech for over 25 years so that's not
surprising to me at all. I've had plenty of opportunities to screw things up too
and definitely have done my share of damage. Fortunately my fix to destroy ratio
has been pretty good.