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testing22321 • today at 7:59 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Like Land Rover owners, I’m always shocked that people look to buy a thing that has plenty of spare parts.

I’d much rather buy a thing that doesn’t need them. Two decades of laptops, never replaced a single thing or had an issue. Shot, I have not had a single app crash or system crash in 5+ years. Also two decades of driving around the world without a single breakdown.


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donquichotte • today at 9:07 PM

And like Kawasaki KLR650 owners, I always look for things that I can easily fix myself and have plenty of spare parts on the market. "Zen or The Art of Laptop Maintenance", I suppose!

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skydhash • today at 8:37 PM

The spare parts availability is not really about failures. It’s often about upgrades (and sometimes downgrades). Also there are accidents.