On Sep 3, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote:
> Sometimes I get the feeling that Apple really doesnt want people to > repair certain laptops - just buy new ones. ROFLMAO! It ain't just Apple, trust me. IME, Apple is about the ONLY manufacturer who makes easy-to-repair laptops. Try fixing a Sony Vaio sometime...I swear, every Sony is programmed to break 3.45 days after the warrantee expires, and since Sony only makes a given model for a week and a half before replacing it with a completely different design, parts and guides are very hard to find. Most manufacturers are stuck in the Performa 6625CD-era of manufacturing, or worse. Like Dell, for example. Three consumer models with consecutive serial numbers can have different components inside. It's always refreshing when you enter a serial number for one of their consumer models into the support web site and are shown a list of 17 different video drivers, ONE of which is correct, and any number of which will brick the damn thing if you choose wrong. Their BUSINESS line, the optima and some other japanese-car-sounding name for their laptop line, are much more stable, in terms of components, but lo and friggin' behold, when you cost those out, they're the same price or more expensive than Macs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
