there were no immediate effects (screen stayed on etc) but i turned it off right away and it's stood up drying

i don't know what the life expectancy of a work laptop is. i'm sure they know that laptops break, they plan for that and they budget for that

if this laptop is toast (which i don't even think it is, but if it is) it's my first time killing a work laptop in the six years i've worked here. i don't know if that's a short or long time

even if it is a short time, i don't think it's so short that anyone's going to be seriously upset with me. i'm not getting the "it's dead already?" speech, it's been six years

@noiob @monorail I think we've heard the average is one or two years historically, but it's been going up between lack of technological progress and the bad economy.

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@ashly @monorail three is the norm afaik. one is for people with more money than sense

@ashly @monorail I mean bossesnin most companies don't like paying for new laptops every year

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