Re: Intel Imac Upgrade Kit

[Travis Siegel]

Almost all companies claim if you open the computer you invalidate  
the warantee.  This is a standard practice, to try to prevent folks  
from upgrading their machines themselves.  It's supposed to prevent  
breakage due to inexperienced users from getting in and routing  
around, but it just as often prevents legitimate users who *do* know  
what they're doing from making a simple repair that instead, they  
have to pay entirely too much to have done for them.  I understand  
why it's generally done, but I in no way agree with it.  If anything,  
I'd think they would encourage folks to fix their own machines, for  
those that can, it would mean less work for them, and of those who  
can't, it would mean extra income from fixing things that shouldn't  
have needed it.
But then again, since when does the customer actually have any say in  
what they are allowed to do with their own equipment.