How long will Amigas last?

[lassie]

Someone mentioned the other day that Amiga and other old consoles and computers will slowly die. Do you think that our old amigas and computers will work in 5 years or 10 years? it is a scary thought, if all our beloved computers will stop working. But mayby we can keep them going with some love.

Amiga 4000 030 18 mb ram, 16 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 030 9 mb ram, 1 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 5 mb ram, 500 mb hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 9 mb ram 1 giga hard disk
Amiga 600 4 mb ram, 4 giga hard disk
Amiga 500 1 mb ram
Amiga cd32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64c
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D

[lassie]

Hi,

I'm sure at least they will have lasted longer thant any modern computer.
I know what I mean, I'm currently seeking an IDE drive for my crashed laptop that cost 1500 euros.Guess its age ? seven years only.
I expect that emulation will provide us in pleasure of using our old system.
What concerns me is that I'd love to continue to use my "keyboard". What I like in retro computers is the unique feeling they give you compared to these untasty modern design.
One of my dream, is that all old keyboards of our beloved computers (of all brands) will  be released one day as an alternative to those current slim planks.

Yes i will give you right there was more class and stile in the old computers :-)And the newer stuff are very poor made i have had 3 playstation 2 and 2 laptop they all broke down before they were 5 years old

[lassie]

From my personal experience, it is much better to leave them on 24/7.  Letting them sit or turning them on and off causes failures.

Then i think i will let them stay on forever :drink: