How about "improving" (not
modifying you'll notice) all PC-based equipment (
ie, during acceptance) to prevent the user from accessing any of the ports other than the one(s) actually needed (and "secure" that one too)! Surely it's the users, not the kit itself, who are the "problem"?
Personally, I can't see that PC-based kit should necessarily have any shorter life-span than any other piece of kit, just as long as it's not "abused"!
You ask about the maintenance policy. Here it is:- keep it clean (blow it out occasionally) and repair as and when necessary!
Just as a matter of interest, though, Eddie ... what systems do you have in mind? Care to give us a few examples?
