Comment by trenchpilgrim
1 day ago
Nobody in this thread has mentioned warranty periods. The original comment was about the hardware lifecycle, claiming the hardware was only commercially viable for months. The 3 year number that people are tossing around came from a discredited interview that made the rounds on social media a while back: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-g...
You're proving my point. Hardware's lifecycle is based on warranty - that's it.
The parent comment was:
> Data centre hardware is more like 3 years.
That comment is actually referencing the standard warranty period (which is indeed typically 3 years), which may or may not be consistent with the useful life of server hardware (which is much more subjective and varies based on appliance).
Not that immediate parent comment. This original comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575908
I know, and I'm explaining to you that I'm responding to that specific comment that you responded to. You're confusing the two things. Stop it.