Time and laptops

Interesting article about nowadays notebooks:

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33837

Maybe we should start simmilar thread too?
Thread like "how your notebook looks and works after 1 year of usage".
Such thread would be useful...

 

Certainly a true article - laptops aren't built like they used to be. Feel free to create a poll in the Hardware forum if you want.

 

Acers are poorly built consumer notebooks. If they purchased a business notebook, the paint quality would be much higher (just as, or even higher than that Dell mentioned in the article). That article is slightly unfair as it compares a business product, which is much more expensive to purchase, with a low cost (in comparison) consumer product.
The paint on my Asus is still fine after 1 year of daily useage (except for the bit on the corner where I banged it agaist a brick wall, and a few light scratches on the lid when I used it as a desk). It just depends on what product you decide to purchase.

 

The reason that guy didn't see wear and tear like he did with his Acer on the older machines is because those machines had plastic that was dyed all the way through - evidence of good build quality. Hard to find laptops with dyed-through plastic these days.