Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >On 11/16/03 5:48 PM, "Peter Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the >Cybertrough: > >> -- "Here is where the problem arises. That module is about $330 with a core >> return. It costs $790 without one. " >> >> I think you are more accurately describing Apple's problem in the first >> place - $790 for a slim dvd 2x-6x ??? >> I don't dispute your facts, I suspect that any computer company that >> installs 'heavy use and wear' devices costing a third of the orginal sticker >> price of the whole laptop would want to recoup those costs at the expense of >> the customer, not their own piggybank. There is your bad Apple... they >> should have found a bottom dollar price from a reputable optical drive >> manufacturer for replacement units and shovelled them out like candy > >That would be what Dell does. They buy crap components and replace them at >will. I DO NOT EVER want Apple to do that.
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