A couple of articles from the IT section of The Guardian
... which might be of interest to you.
First of all, an article written by Victor Keegan all about
Shakespeare, including links to various literary websites...
http://tinyurl.com/22twvv
Secondly, an article written by Kurt Jacobsen, all about the
growth of microscopic tin whiskers in new types of lead-free
solder used on circuit boards, leading to short-circuiting
and computer breakdown.
http://tinyurl.com/2w2sp6
My wife's laptop broke down after a couple of year's use,
requiring a replacement motherboard. The cost to replace this:
£290 for a new motherboard. Adding on postage and labour costs,
the bill would have been about £400. Our local computer expert,
Gary Bentley, advised us to spend the money on buying a new
laptop instead. The same thing happened to a slightly older
laptop owned by my son-in-law ... his motherboard went caput.
I wonder if both machines were affected by tin whiskers?
Gary told me that you have to regard laptops as being disposable
items, nowadays. I suppose you could regard cars, TVs and washing
machines as being disposable too, but then you'd expect to get at
least 10 years' use out of them.
