Toughbook hours
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:10 pm
I have noticed that most people are concerned with the amount of hours on Toughbooks they are interested in buying. Maybe I am looking at the situation wrong, but the overall condition of the unit is more important to me than the hours.
Given a choice between a unit with deep scrapes, dents, missing or bent doors, etc that has between 1000 and 2000 hours on it and a unit that is in really nice shape, very little scratches, all covers and doors that has 10,000+ hours, I would take the 10,000+ hour unit. Why? Because, to me, the first unit with low hrs had a hard life and the second one was looked after. I feel there would be more problems from the unit that was no looked after. Shock loads on pcb's, and the electronic components on them, from drops, bangs, etc takes more life out of the unit that running up the hours.
Interested in what other members think about hours versus condition.
Thank you.
Morgan
Given a choice between a unit with deep scrapes, dents, missing or bent doors, etc that has between 1000 and 2000 hours on it and a unit that is in really nice shape, very little scratches, all covers and doors that has 10,000+ hours, I would take the 10,000+ hour unit. Why? Because, to me, the first unit with low hrs had a hard life and the second one was looked after. I feel there would be more problems from the unit that was no looked after. Shock loads on pcb's, and the electronic components on them, from drops, bangs, etc takes more life out of the unit that running up the hours.
Interested in what other members think about hours versus condition.
Thank you.
Morgan