Hi Noah, Thanks for the reply.
On 17/01/2008, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 09:55:10PM +0000, Jon Grant wrote: > > Anyone know if it is possible to get a refund for Apple's Mac OS X..? > > I'd love to buy one of their "Air" laptops if there is a way to get it > > pre-loaded with GNU+Linux or a refund... got a USB stick with Kubuntu > > ready to go.. ;) > > My advice is don't bother. Lot's of good points. Perhaps I should stick with my Nokia 770, or buy an Asus Eee! (if I really need a keyboard), although personally I think I need at least a normal sized keyboard (27 cm width of laptop), which allows up to a 12" wide-screen diagonal. > Finally, and most importantly for me, or at least, this was the final > straw on the camels back which made me vow never to purchase Apple > again so long as I might live: > > 1) When my PSU exploded one night (!) (yes, things like this do > happen to computers after a while, so you may as well plan for the > eventuality) it took out my PowerMac's mainboard. I had to take > this to the Genius Bar (in Sheffield!) to have it fixed with > Apples proprietary hardware, this being my only option. It cost me > close to 600 pounds to replace the PSU and mainboard. I had a Hyper PSU start burning before, it never cut the power and burnt my floppy drive cable to a crisp. Lucky I was in the room to pull the plug out of the wall. > If I had been using a standard computer, lets compare prices: > > http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Motherboards-Intel > http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Power-Supplies > > Motherboard, average cost about 80 quid? > Motherboard, average cost about 50 quid? Good point. I'd never buy from ebuyer though, their customer service is too shoddy, like I found when I purchased from OverclockersUK (Scan, Dabs and Dell are the only ones I trust in the UK) Cheers, Jon _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
