I think Apple did it on purpose. It should come as no surprise that 
Apple has also said no OS 9 Machines after Jan 1st. I think the two go 
hand and hand.

Aaron


On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 11:29  AM, Philip Stortz wrote:

> that's a serious hardware flaw, and frankly one they should have 
> checked
> for.  apple should fix it free, and should upgrade the power manager so
> it's not a time bomb.  with that kind of a bug i wouldn't even trust it
> under x.  if apple won't fix it, i'd wire the fans right to the power
> supply itself, as they should be anyway.  someone got too clever for
> there own good at apple and then skimped on testing, not an unusual
> problem but one apple should both fix and apologize for.  not that 
> apple
> should fire the engineer involved and kill his family, design flaws
> happen, but they should be fixed, particularly on a high end item.  
> it's
> particularly disturbing that os 9 can confuse things in such a way that
> it explodes under os x, that suggest there may be some value in pram
> etc. that can easily be corrupted to a dangerous effect, that's just
> poor, having to reset things because it won't come on at all or fix the
> clock etc. is one thing, failure of life support systems is another!
> i'd watch that machine very closely all the time, once bitten twice 
> shy.


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