Clevo laptop build quality

Hi, can anyone please help. I am thinking of buying a 15" Vortex III from a UK company, which I believe is a Clevo P170em (or the 150em) and I am interested to know about the longevity of the Clevo laptop.
I want it to last a good five or six years to do photography and some video editing and I was wondering whether the Clevo laptop build quality is robust enough for long term useage?

Many thanks.

 

No computer can last 5-6 years in today's technology advance.
Clevos will last more than 10 years if kept properly (the battery won't, however).
By 5-6 years, there will be so much better hardware, you will want to get your next notebook in max 4 years.

But....if you want it to last 6 years, it definetely will.
Just take good care of it and its gonna serve you like a devoted japanese samurai.

 

Especially with a job like video/photo editing which always likes more cores/frequency and modern programs starting to use the GPU to accelerate encoding, I would look to get a mid range value system now with a quad and save up for a new one in 2-3 years.

 

I'm still using my 5 year old, now 6 year old technology, Clevo D901C. And I'm actually ordering its replacement, P170EM, today. It's been good, but it's time to put it out to pasture. So long good friend, we've watched a lot of p0rn together.

 

As others have mentioned its not the hardware that gets old its keeping up with the new software thats the issues. If you bought the computer today, and installed todays software and never upgraded that you would be fine. But as programs come out they get more demanding especially over 6+ years and they will run slower on the older hardware.

 

Not to mention the new instruction sets that keep coming out for Intel's processors...

On another note, this^. Gosh, where have you been ever since you joined in 2007, that post made my lungs go on vacation for almost a minute!
Almost died, made a 6-pack of abs while laughing (and I still havent inspected my screen for saliva stains).
Jeeeezas.

 

All jokes aside, malware/spyware/virus can defintely shorten a computer's lifespan. To that note, if you are in a situation where you have 2 computers, using only one for 'adult' viewing limits your exposure to just that one machine.

You also get to refer to that one computer as a dirty, dirty machine.

 

imo best lappys out there and thats why im on my second one now and wont buy anything else.
m860tu is almost 5 years old now and still going strong.

 

If it weren't for the countless times that I've had to stick my graphics card into the kitchen oven, then I probably wouldn't be upgrading so soon. I would still upgrade, but probably next year and retire it as a closet server.

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Strictly speaking on behalf of Clevo's build quality, it can last that long from a longevity standpoint, if you take care of it. The problem is as others have stated: keeping up with the times. And with the advent of Haswell, I agree with some of the other posts: look for something more mid-range for the time being that will still fit your needs. But don't expect to be able to upgrade the CPU if it's an Intel; I believe Haswell will be using a different socket.

 

If it even uses a socket, Intel may be doing strange things with haswell as a test generation.

 

original 8800GTX WOW! no wonder theve been in the oven so much. great to hear there are still a few alive even though theve had a few heart attacks along the journey.

 

The only thing that worries me most about laptops is how the hardware is planned in advace to be incompatible with future upgrades.
They could've made Sandy Bridge platform upgradeable to Ivy at least.
And Im pretty sure Haswell wont be compatible with Broadwell once that comes out.

World economics...

 

Same chips as the desktop so not too surprising.

 

Really?? So with a Sandy Br board you cant upgrade to Ivy??
Well, don't that just suck.

 

Odd thing is that Sandy Bridge works in Ivy Bridge boards.

 

Intel is on a campaign to move various motherboard components into their CPU package.
This year its gonna be the voltage controller that gets removed from the mobo and soldered inside the Haswell thingys.
Next year its gonna be....forgot what it was.

 

They're slated for a new 1150 LGA socket, from what I understand, along with a G3 socket and BGA counterpart.

 

It's just an excuse to squeeze more money from us.

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