[Info-vax] MIcrovax 3100-98

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In article <h23cnuFs0fqU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/1/19 3:32 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <h237aeFqpsvU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 10/31/19 11:06 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 10/31/2019 10:45 PM, Kerry Main wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They all laughed and one of them stated he could not remember when
>>>>> they had
>>>>> a VAX HW problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good testament to the VAX HW, but not so good for new sales.
>>>>
>>>> And doesn't that sort of depend on whether you're the vendor, or, a
>>>> customer?
>>>>
>>>> Then there was the AlphaStation 200 power supplies.  Dropped like flies.
>>>>
>>>> Getting 3 years out of today's PCs is very good luck.  And that's with
>>>> HW in general being more robust.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Stop buying cheap.
>> 
>> ;)
>> 
>> 
>>>   I have laptops and PCs running right now that are
>>> over 10 years old.  The one I am typing this on is my main day to day
>>> box and has been for over 6 years.
>> 
>> My Apple 17" Powerbook (circa 2001-2002) still functions albeit, I have long
>> since given up on replacing its battery .  
>
>I have one of them, too.
>
>>                                             I purchased an HP Envy 17" (17.3
>> IIRC) laptop and it gave up the ghost about two years after I'd purchased it.
>> It was NOT cheap in contrast with other laptops but it failed nonetheless as
>> quickly.
>
>Cheap does not always imply price.  I would not buy an HP or a Dell.
>This is being done on a Lenovo.  Not as good as when they were real
>IBM but still better than most.

No kidding!  I only purchased the Envy because it had two drive bays.  One had
linux and the other has VMS via vtAlpha.  From the get-go, its keyboard sucked!
I had to type really hard to get it to recognize keystrokes.  It didn't take me
long to feel the strain in my fingers when typing on it.  Its sound system, by
Beats, sucked too.  The entire laptop would buzz from bass even if the bass was
rolled off below 200Hz.  Too boot, HP raped me on the price of the hardware for
the drive bracket for a second drive.  This *should* have been provided in the
second drive bay but it wasn't.  I posted here in comp.os.vms several years ago
about having to pay close to $50 for 4 screws and a thin metal bracket.  FWIW,
its power supply board board smoked rendering it a very large area paperweight.

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