Hellobee Boards Topic: Have you had good luck with PC hardware?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Have you had good luck with PC hardware? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:04:37 +0000 yin on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891918 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:20:48 +0000 yin 1891918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've had luck with high quality ThinkPads. Occasionally we will need to update the hardware inside to make it up to date, but it runs really well. DH is experimenting with Chromebooks and testing them out with his parents. They tend to visit websites that cause viruses and such, and DH hopes that the Chromebook will solve that issue. artsyfartsy on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891816 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:42:56 +0000 artsyfartsy 1891816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We've had 3 PC laptops in 4 years and they don't last long. We mainly use the iPad and only use the laptop sparingly. We're saving up for a MacBook. I'm so over PC. I'm not a fan of the new windows either. Adira on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891710 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:01:55 +0000 Adira 1891710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My Lenovo laptop is 3 years old and I haven't had any issues with it. My husband has a desktop PC from DogHouse Systems. It's 5 years old and going strong! He's never had an issue with it. namaste on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891684 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:53:30 +0000 namaste 1891684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I can usually get 3-4 years out of my PC laptops. I've had Dell, HP, & Toshiba and nothing really made a difference. I use my laptops about 15+ hours a day, usually running Illustrator, Photoshop, and my dev environment during that time. DH has a Macbook and it's going on 2 years but it's hard some issues with the hard drive. Once he upgraded the hard drive and memory, it's been smooth sailing. I do think this will be my last PC as most of our home setup is now Mac-based but I just think it's luck! Sorry you're having so many issues. My mom ALWAYS has issues with PCs, no matter if they're desktops or laptops so I just think it depends. Synchronicity on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891672 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:50:29 +0000 Synchronicity 1891672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My dell is almost 5 years old and I've had no issues with it at all. Still going strong, and it gets used a lot! twodoghouse on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891671 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:50:22 +0000 twodoghouse 1891671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @loveisstrange: My DH builds his own as well and I think this makes a big difference. He usually gets a new laptop every 2-3 years, though, because he likes having a new toy to play with! redeyedtreefr0g on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891659 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:47:42 +0000 redeyedtreefr0g 1891659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sometimes parts just randomly break, it happened to us a lot. Laptops you have to be especially careful about overheating, but I've also had the cooling system on a video card just fail, a power supply fail. Mr. Frog likes to say I broke them by "letting the smoke out". You're alsways supposed to keep that smoke in there- you let it out, the computer is officially dead :P That said, he built his current machine with the best he could afford, and other than a video card upgrade he did, it's working fine. My Lenovo went on sale at Office Depot, but it was a good model if I recall- it got the hand-me-down video card which upgraded it for WoW. Both machines are still going strong with lots of use and gaming. The buttons on my Lenovo mouse stopped working. The center scroll button on my Logitech cordless mouse is on its way to death as well. Mrs. Jump Rope on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891625 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:39:40 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1891625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: we always build because that's what DH swears by. two years ago, my computer broke. before that, the one he built be had lasted a good five years. it was the week before xmas, and it was my busy time at work! we ordered an entire new system & upgraded, and the hard drive we received was bad! we had to wait to get a new one, which thankfully has been great the last two years... but i'm starting to get slow again! mrbee on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891606 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:33:10 +0000 mrbee 1891606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @sunny: I usually buy the top end gear, in the hopes that it will last longer! It hasn't helped though... sunny on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891593 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:29:08 +0000 sunny 1891593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think we've had only a few issues (knock on wood!) over the past 10 years with our many machines (desktop + laptop). I've probably replaced 2 power supplies and 2-3 hard drives. We've had at least 5 Dells during that time and 1 HP that I can think of. Are you buying the top end Dell or the low end Dell? I find that the Inspiron and XPS lines have worked well for us. I agree that the build quality has gone down though. The desktop case for my desktop is better quality than the one they used for DH's desktop which we bought a year later. MediaNaranja on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891579 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:25:38 +0000 MediaNaranja 1891579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The gateway laptop I bought to go to college in 2002 is still running :happy: We really just use it as a stereo (it has all our music on it & we connect it to a speaker system). I'm convinced that if I just cleaned it up (it has major viruses) it would still work decently well. I got a Toshiba laptop in 2010 that lasted until August--the screen died, but I can still use it if I connect it to an external monitor. I bought an HP laptop about a month ago, and hopefully it will have a similar lifespan! But honestly, if it only lasts 2 years or so I'd be ok with it--it was dirt cheap! mrs. wagon on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891572 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:23:32 +0000 mrs. wagon 1891572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've never had a PC break down in less than 5 years! My macbook had its first issue (superdrive broke, would have cost $300 to replace, so we never did) right after the 12 month mark. Since then it has been dying a slow, agonizing death. Right now it's just our print server. I will NEVER buy apple again. I use a macbook owned by work and it's also dying. SO frustrating. My lenovo thinkpad has been going strong for almost 8 years! The only issue was an overheating battery which was recalled so we just received our free new battery and it's good as new!! When our macbook died we put in a lot of research and saved up to purchase a lenovo! ducky on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891503 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:58:43 +0000 ducky 1891503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I also keep my laptops for around 5 years! I currently have a 3 year old Acer that is running strong, but I've also had good luck with Toshiba and sometimes Dell (but Dell have been hit and miss). Usually, though, I only have to replace things like hard drives and batteries. The rest of the hardware has always been pretty solid. ETA: I use this Acer 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for development and it has been awesome. I love it! mediagirl on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891491 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:54:47 +0000 mediagirl 1891491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: HP. I used to use it every day and then it turned into my "as needed" laptop. I did wipe it once already, though. Dell is awful, I will never buy through them again. loveisstrange on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891489 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:54:27 +0000 loveisstrange 1891489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I honestly have never had a PC break down on me beyond just general aging and becoming obsolete. We custom build our computers though, so that might be part of it. mrbee on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891485 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:54:04 +0000 mrbee 1891485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mamaof2: Yah I used to buy exclusively from Dell, but both their quality and customer service has gone way downhill. mrbee on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891481 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:53:32 +0000 mrbee 1891481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mediagirl: A laptop for 5+ years?! Wow!! Are you using it every day? And what is the brand name? Mamaof2 on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891444 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:45:50 +0000 Mamaof2 1891444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We went thru 2 Dell's within 5 years - this time we bought a Samsung - we'll see how it holds up! mediagirl on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891440 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:44:52 +0000 mediagirl 1891440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I can usually keep a laptop running for 5+ years and not have hardware issues with it (unless I do something stupid like dump a coke on it). We have had to replace a few parts on our main desktop computer but otherwise had pretty good luck! mrbee on "Have you had good luck with PC hardware?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-had-good-luck-with-pc-hardware#post-1891429 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:41:23 +0000 mrbee 1891429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I prefer PCs over Macs, but every time I buy a PC... it breaks down within a year or two. It's exhausting! Meanwhile, an old Mac that we bought before the kids were born is still going strong. I use it every day, even though it's coming up on 7 years of age! I'd love to buy a really well-made PC... do those exist anymore?