A:Answer There are no guarantees on anything like this. It is unlikely that hardware will fail for several years, but software is always more problematic, so the OS might need reinstallation (recommended yearly for best performance, BTW), drivers can become corrupted, or there might be software conflicts. I have a Dell Inspiron that was fine for two years, then started giving me headaches, but reinstalling the OS (a big job, if you don't do backups on a regular basis) fixed everything.