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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Ready to buy your final computer? 6

shanen writes: ... before crossing that final frontier...

But seriously folks, my main machine is dying and needs to be replaced. Considering how many years it's lasted and adding that number to my own age, I wouldn't want to bet on who will outlast which. Reflecting on my memories, I've purchased at least 15 personal computers over the decades. Might be more like 20 and couldn't even count how many company computers I've used for various classes and work. Then there were the computer labs filled with my students... Insofar as I don't to go through this too many more times, I have two subquestions:

(1) What was the brand of your longest-lived PC?

(2) What is the brand of your latest PC and how long do you expect it to last?

I've actually run the main question past a few friends and the answers surprised me. I'll probably summarize them in a reply if this question gets posted...

Comment "Laying off employees turns out to be infectious," (Score 2) 160

"Laying off employees turns out to be infectious," writes Annie Lowrey in The Atlantic. "When executives see their corporate competitors letting go of workers, they seize what they see as an opportunity to reduce their workforce, rather than having no choice but to do so...." That is so called "Herd behavior", which is unfortunate for the company's profile and then for the company's success story. These managers always pretend to be busybodies, thinking they know more than anyone else, when in fact it is the other way round. Then they are fired, but it is too late and other managers have to clean up the mess.

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