[PCWorld]

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[karthiq]

Articles like these are appreciable and refreshing for a change. Everybody from buyers, to sellers and even tech blogs need to become more aware about the dangers of over consumption. This is the symptom of that.

[MLStrand56]

Today there are Very Few electronics that are worth repairing. I do however have some 70's - '80's electronics that I'd pay triple their original price, to have them repaired. Sure they are old, but the Quality is 1000 times better than the JUNK sold today!!!!!

MLStrand56

[Ambular]

Though in my household we update our core machines relatively often, we're still using an ancient HP Deskjet 722c, Microsoft Internet Keyboard, a CRT monitor, speakers from a CTX four or five desktops ago, and some other oldies but goodies...we make stuff last! And whenever possible we replace old reliable gear that's finally given up the ghost with the same model, even if it costs more and requires some hunting to find one.

When the controversy over Apple and Foxconn came up several months ago, I was struck by the realization that even the cheap, hard-to-repair tech we do own was probably hand-assembled by someone being paid pennies an hour. All the more reason to treat it with respect and get as much use out of it as possible, IMO--who would want to hear that the products they work so hard to put together, but can't afford to own, are treated as disposable junk by the people who do buy them? Some items will break even if you're careful with them, of course, but some can be kept nice for a long time if you just handle them with a little care.