Re: Just how tough is a 32S-II ? Message #6 Posted by Fabricio on 10 Mar 2012, 11:19 p.m., in response to message #5 by Matt Agajanian
Based on durability, perhaps the hp32s-ii could be the last one to be able to make it through such an accident or a few several of them, and, in my opinion, none from that time on and even less the newers could have that many chances. I have described before that my first HP was an 11c, which I took from my father in 1988. While I still have it, the decimal point suddenly appears and dissapears, so it is not that reliable anymore. This started probably in 1999, so it worked for 10 years, but not continuosly; with my destructive hands, using it everyday as I use a calculator now, probably itīd last 5-6 years. And even it felt from a second floor when I was in college!
My "first" 32s-ii was in my hands from somewhere in 1999 to 2004, lasting around 5 years in my, again, destructive hands. And my 48GX lasted in everyday use from 2005 to 2011, with a very short period of use around 1997. So, it lasted around 6 years.
A friend of mine also uses HP and we got the 32s-ii at exactly the same time, and also lasted about the same time as mine (he must have very drestructive hands also!). But then we took *separate ways* and he got a 33s in 2005 which made it until 2008, then got a 35s somewhere in 2008 and just died this january (the keys awfuly rattle, specially the 'enter' one, which is closed to useless). So the service life for a 33s and a 35s in *his* destructive hands is about 3 to 3-1/2 years.
That should reflect also in the durability against *extreme events*, isnīt it?
PS. Based on that, I think the 15cLE would not last farther than that either.
Just my simple opinion, anyway.
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