/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Hi!
One way to get lasting computer stuff is to avoid consumer grade stuff. Get office grade stuff instead. If the IT guys in any company get complaints about a specific brand over and over again, they won't buy it any more, and the manufacturers know it.
Instead of a new Acer Laptop, buy a used Thinkpad. Mine is from 2007, and runs gread wit an SSD. HMMs (hardware maintenance manuals) are to be found for every model, and they describe every step down to the tinyest fucking screw that needs to be taken out to change any part that is in there. Spare parts can be found all over ebay. My screen was yellowish when I bought it used. €50 on ebay for a brand new one! Consumer laptops of my classmates in technical college were failing left and right, mine held up.
Next thing, printers. Avoid consumer grade ink jets like the plague. I have an office grade HP Laserjet 2300d.
€100 on ebay, refill toner €15 for two fucking 6000 page cartridges. Heavy like a tank, but also built like one. I feed it all the wrinkled leftover paper to print on the backside, hardly ever a paper jam. I am actually looking forward to every print job I have, because I just love machines that run like a swiss clockwork!
Screw those:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers