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Originally posted by: richie086
Think if your PC that your using right now totally broke every two years? Little things might mess up over that time period but the likleyhood that your computer will totally break to the point it's not possible to use it is pretty small.
Using a PC everyday is slightly different than playing a disc based console every day. 95% of the time using your computer, the disc drive sits idle (assuming most people just do internet stuff). However, while playing video games, the drive is hardly ever idle. Now, take this into consideration, a regular cd-rom drive might last forever, but in general, cd-writers last only 12-18 months. now, this isn't saying that i've bought low-end drives that crapped out, but cd-writers generate more ( read A LOT MORE ) heat than a regular cd-rom drive, and generally don't last more than 2 years. as a PC technician, i would guess that about 75% of the cd-writers that we replace are between 12 and 18 months old. i would guess that the heat generated by a cd-writer is more comparable to the longer use of a console system. so, 2 years sounds pretty dam good for an average lifespan. so, sorry to shoot that idea in the foot, but the use of a computer cd-rom drive and a disc based console is vastly too different to compare in such a general sense.