This thread has got me thinking. My Acer 5672 has experienced 2 HDD failures in 5 months. This laptop has a known characteristic of running hot and mine is no exception.
However my laptop has 2 typical daily duty cycles. At work with an ambient temp of 24C it typically indicates a HDD of 43C.
Outside of the work environment it operates at an ambient temp of up to 35C with a HDD temp of up to 63C.
Previous laptops (Satellite 320, TravelMate 660) exhibited no HDD problems with a similar operating life over many years.
Am I being too harsh on this particular machine?