Re: How "rugged" is the Inspiron

Rob wrote:

>>> I will say, lately I'm seeing some strange specs tho...for ie:
>>> http://tinyurl.com/bhw7b
>>> they give the mtbf and power on hours and on another site I saw
>>> something like time to repair = 30 minutes (can't find that site right
>>> now).

>>Well, that lists an MTBF, but in a more 'traditional; mode -- no 8 hour
>>limitations.
>
> Agreed.

MTBF 300,000Hours
Power-on hours 2,800Hours
Product life 5 years or 20,000 POH (whatever comes earlier)

Couldn't one take the product life spec as an indication that they design
for ~11 POH per day?

I couldn't really make sense of the second line with the 2800 POH...

Gerhard
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