On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:17:50 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> because hardware depreciation is 3-5 years,
> 
> ... which has little to do with it ...
> 
> (Depreciation has nothing to do with how fast something wears out, even
> in theory.)

True, but it does have a lot to do with budgeting cycles.  That said, I'm 
currently using a laptop that's fully depreciated (and now out of 
warranty), got a second one that's so old I couldn't get parts for it, 
and a desktop that has so little memory and disk space I can't really use 
it for anything.  I don't know when we're slated for new equipment - 
probably when something breaks again.

>> and often times, hardware isn't even supported for 10 years.
> 
> There is that.
> 
> One of the reasons digital phones never really took off in the US is the
> federal government required AT&T to plan for equipment to last 30 to 50
> years when installed. Not a real short innovation cycle there.

True.

Jim

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