Techno-phobia

I must be cursed, a few months ago my laptop died and I recently tried to save the data on the hard drive by connecting it to my desktop PC. Thought this was a great idea until my motherboard fried, things just don't seem to last any more. I am now using a PC I built over 7 years ago and 'touch wood' it works fine.

I have compared the printed circuit boards of older and newer computers and the amount of soldering used is pathetic on modern computers: any slight over-heating and capacitors and resistors can fall off and damage other circuits. It's the same for modern televisions, the lack of solder means they last only a couple of years if you're lucky while older 'solid-state' televisions are running fine after 20 years.

I do realise if companies build things to last then they won't make as much money. I would like NASA to build me a computer. Just look at Voyager 1 - it's still beaming back information 30 years down the line after travelling 9 billion miles.