hp 48G/GX unavoidable DEATH !!

[zx_spectrum]

(04-03-2018 11:20 PM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  

(04-03-2018 07:26 PM)zx_spectrum Wrote:  Interesting, so why these units (even the older 48S/X) are still available on eBay?
why would anyone wants to spends +200$ for a calculator that soon will turn into a decoration object without any functional use?

What do you mean with "soon"? During the next week, year, decade?
If I got Didier correctly, he may have wanted to say that nothing is made for ever, be it man or machine.

I'd say that most of the calcs which are still working after more than a decade of usage are over-engineered;-)

Which was especially true for many of the older HP calcs, although each series had at least one specific weak point.

well but if the calculator was built in mid 90's so if i buy it today from eBay it already would be over 25 years old and thus it may not remain in my service more than 2-5 years. so spending hundreds of dollars for such unit doesn't seem rational to me.
again, the LCD-death soon is not my claim, i just read that somewhere and want to check the validity of this claim with hp 48G users