Re: Using a laptop onstage: Dominic Frasca's take

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

I'm sure that at least the battery, hard drive and flat panel display
will be ailing long before 20 years have passed, particularly if the
machine is being moved around a lot to various bars and whatnot.  If
you've got a dedicated music computer, then you can "freeze" it at a
certain point and stop updating the software, but part of the appeal
of computer-based solutions for many people is that the hardware can
be used for many tasks (email, word processing, etc.), not just as a
dedicated piece of audio hardware.

TravisH

On 1/4/06, Todd Pafford <calenlas@gmail.com> wrote:
> This brings up a good point about hardware obsolescence.  That $3000
> laptop will (barring hardware failure) perform exactly the same 20
> years from now as long as you don't keep upgrading the software.  It's
> the increasing bloat and new features of newer software that puts a
> hurting on hardware.  Somehow the software industry has convinced us
> all that we must perpetually have the latest, greatest versions.
>
> Just a thought.  I'm a sucker like everyone else for needing the newest 
>toys. :)
> Todd
>