it's sad daywhen a 6 year old monitor lasts longer than a new one....

[Cookiez664]

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my newer monitor was never slammed or anything, but it broke. so I put a 6 year old monitor up, and GUESS WAT? It's  been hit against the wall, pushed off the desk, and it STILL lasts. not to mention the buttons work better.

It's so sad. :(

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[Alyx Vance]

Old technology seems to last longer.

[dkamm65]

That's because newer technology is more delicate, what with the ever-shrinking size of the components. People continue to treat fragile hardware like stuff and then wonder why it doesn't last long.

[Jairo]

That's because newer technology is more delicate, what with the ever-shrinking size of the components. People continue to treat fragile hardware like stuff and then wonder why it doesn't last long.

or perhaps the businesses got some sense and began creating products so they become obsolete after a while
you know
to force the customer to purchase another unit
therefore making them more money

[Trymos]

or perhaps the businesses got some sense and began creating products so they become obsolete after a while
you know
to force the customer to purchase another unit
therefore making them more money

1 year and 1 day timer...
genius.

[dkamm65]

or perhaps the businesses got some sense and began creating products so they become obsolete after a while
you know
to force the customer to purchase another unit
therefore making them more money

Obsoleteness is a different conversation entirely. Technology is constantly improving. There's no way to make futureproof hardware anymore.

Now if people buy products that constantly break, they'll stop buying from that manufacturer. It's going to hurt profits if they skimp on the quality.

[dorkdotdan]

or perhaps the businesses got some sense and began creating products so they become obsolete after a while
you know
to force the customer to purchase another unit
therefore making them more money

That would work until some other company comes in and offers a monitor that lasts longer, and then they get all the profit.

Because the market works that way.

[Nymethus]

That would work until some other company comes in and offers a monitor that lasts longer, and then they get all the profit.

Because the market works that way.

No it doesn't. Not when all those companies have a deal together to only make stuffty monitors.
That, or one of them owns the rest.

You know all those things you hear about in the world? No, everything you know is not everything that is.

[dorkdotdan]

No it doesn't. Not when all those companies have a deal together to only make stuffty monitors.

You know all those things you hear about in the world? No, everything you know is not everything that is.

That never happens on a large scale because new companies can always come in and forget that system up. It also rarely happens on any other scale because of that previously stated reason. Most businesses know what's best for them and get-cash-quick schemes like that don't pan out for them in the long run.

[carolcat]

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my newer monitor was never slammed or anything, but it broke. so I put a 6 year old monitor up, and GUESS WAT? It's  been hit against the wall, pushed off the desk, and it STILL lasts. not to mention the buttons work better.

It's so sad. :(

my monitor from 1998 finally died earlier this year. right now i'm using yet another CRT, this time from 1999. my parents tell me i have to wait until this monitor gives out and then after my dad's old CRT dies i can get a new monitor.

[Axolotl]

my monitor from 1998 finally died earlier this year. right now i'm using yet another CRT, this time from 1999. my parents tell me i have to wait until this monitor gives out and then after my dad's old CRT dies i can get a new monitor.

I hate CRTs and their high-pitched flyback transformer noise.

[Nymethus]

That never happens on a large scale because new companies can always come in and forget that system up. It also rarely happens on any other scale because of that previously stated reason. Most businesses know what's best for them and get-cash-quick schemes like that don't pan out for them in the long run.

I guess that's why new stuff never breaks. oh wait.

[dkamm65]

I guess that's why new stuff never breaks. oh wait.

That's because newer technology is more delicate, what with the ever-shrinking size of the components. People continue to treat fragile hardware like stuff and then wonder why it doesn't last long.

Seriously. If you think high end electronics manufacturers make stuff that breaks on purpose, you are a handicap.

[dorkdotdan]

I guess that's why new stuff never breaks. oh wait.

Business tends to strive to make the best stuff possible because that pleases consumers who give them money. Never did I say that they could make perfect things.

[Nymethus]

Seriously. If you think high end electronics manufacturers make stuff that breaks on purpose, you are a handicap.

Well, I was assuming that there are things that actually break. I haven't seen any of it myself.
I'm just speaking about stuff in general.