Hardware Troubles

It is necessary to choose wisely when buying hardware. It is expensive, and when you spend a lot of money, you want results that are good and lasting. I will not say the hardware should last forever, because it never will. But if it becomes junk before you have had the satisfaction of having used it, you have not spent your money well. I got myself two items from iBall: a digital pad (iBall Take Note) and UPS. They cost a bundle. The digital pad was for writing on an ordinary paper with iBall pen placed on the pad. It converted the text and drawings into electronic form that could be transferred to the PC through USB port. The UPS was meant to provide uninterrupted power supply like any other UPS,. The two products had three features in common.

1. They worked very well for one and half years.
2. They stopped working totally after one and half years.
3. Both could not be repaired.

I suggest one should buy hardware after doing an internet search, not after reading ads in newspapers.