Re: Why new calculators will be not as good as old ones?...
- From: SebasMagri <sebasmagri@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:11:32 -0000
On 5 ago, 21:48, "John H Meyers" <jhmey...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:09:31 -0500:
It has no sense to design calculator that will last 25 years -
changes in technology will make it obsolete pretty quickly.
Except on those 30-year "deep space" missions;
in fact, some of those "obsolete" space things
made quite long ago have been done outstandingly well
with now-"obsolete" technology, while something called
a "Hubble" may still be red-shifted from embarrassment
over its original production difficulties.
On the other hand, not a single old "four banger"
everyday calculator that I own has yet become obsolete,
because today's "everyday" calculators are exactly the same
in function, whether or not they use different internal
components or processes, which I don't care a bit about,
and I keep the 25-year old ones on hand, because
those are the ones I know I can count on.
Many of those _well_made_ four-bangers
are still in perfect working condition decades later,
thanks to decent design, whereas some of HP's
objects in the 49G+ line were so bad that the keys
broke off way before those objects became obsolete,
which they must not yet be,
since the exact same things are still being sold,
just with a label saying "50G" on them,
and serial port + battery and color changes that are meaningless
for most users, while surviving early 49G+ units probably
just weren't used much, because they were irresponsibly awful in quality.
People whose environments are a bit rough also need
equipment that won't fall apart, and when you read
of an original HP35 that kept working after going
through a snow blower (or through a hippopotamus),
it was worth the expense which people were willing to pay
for that quality, at that time.
There are many factors in the entire picture,
including the effect which a poor unit will have on your future
if it crumps out in the middle of something critical.
The market has a spectrum, a set of niches, and various manufacturers
who may look for opportunities to fill those needs; some of these
niches can be satisfied with (or even opened up by) short-lived,
unreliable, occasionally wrong result products,
while other segments will not be satisfied with them.
I guess it's fortunate that changes in biotechnology
have not yet made the human animal become obsolete
so quickly that all of them will be tossed routinely into dumpsters
before age 25, although "over 25" are ignored in some businesses.
There is some "reasonable lifetime" for
products of all kinds, and if there's no reason to overdesign
some product lines to last too long, there's also no reason for some
to be so badly made that they die long before they should have,
and "just long enough for the warranty to expire"
is a bit low-aimed, IMHO.
Market forces also create various demands and various
levels within any particular product line,
sometimes matching price with value,
sometimes offering better value for the same money,
and sometimes offering "junk" that falls way below the mark
that should be attainable, so "what should you be able
to make for this money" is a very sensible criterion,
and bad vs. good design often exerts a very great
leverage on the resulting output, and its value.
There's a need for all levels of all kinds of products,
some which are disposable, and some which should last a lifetime
(or where "a lifetime" may even be determined by how long they last),
and it would be good if the general economy does not
become so narrow-minded that the range available
is not as wide as would best serve the whole of society.
--
That theory is a big true... but i think that mistakes HP do selling
49g+ was solved in 50g... i own a 50g and i say it with property...
When we think about to buy one HP calc we still think about quality
and warranty... the price we pay for one of this machines are then
justified...
Old HP`s and, in general, all old products was designed to long
lifes... but in my opinion the fact that determines that is the
continuous technologic development... maybe in 3 or 4 years i will
think that 50g is obsolete...
.
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