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Assuming you’ve had every PS since the first one, released in 1994, that’d mean you had 20 computers in at most 29 years, meaning they lasted on average just under 1 1/2 years. What the hell are you doing to your computers?

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I currently have 8 computers. 3 for work. 2 for media. 2 old gaming rigs, and my current computer.

  • Work laptops last 3 years on average because of how hard backups and CPU usage are.
  • Media computers just wind up getting dusty and only last 5-7 years.
  • I underspent on gaming PCs growing up and my parts were obsolete pretty much constantly until my newest desktop.
  • My last job, I was an on site tech, so construction debris and hazard made that about one a year.
  • I spent on average like $250 per used laptop through engineering school, so that was like a year and a half per laptop.
  • My family had desktops that had their hard drives fail or got pawned.

I had twelve salvaged hard drives in my stuff before I bought my house, and I started doing that in college, so it’s at least 20.

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