my dad's laptop (toshiba satellite)bought in 1997: pentium2 pro MMX still okay right now..not even a problem with hd or processor thingy..
maybe old stuff last longer than nowdays productions..
it depends on how frequently u use it also..
if i'm not mistaken, intel did tell their cpus life span in the retail box manual..
but not sure amdlah..!

This post has been edited by aad_lfcfn: May 31 2006, 10:32 PM