On Thursday, Sep 26, 2002, at 09:43 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 9/26/02 12:56:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>> Dear Colleagues, >>> >>> I am amazed that HP doesn't have drivers for my HP 6200C scanner nor >>> my > HP >>> Inkjet 722 printer. Why? >> >> No offense, but...why are you asking us?? Ask HP. > ---------------------------------------------------- > The answer HP would probably give is that the money is on the PC side. > And > another excuse -- and this is my own surmise -- is that Apple's OS's > are > still too unpredictable to write software for Macs. Certainly when > both the > 6200 and 722 were marketed -- about 3-4 years ago, probably the > advance info > Apple probably made available to HP indicated that it didn't pay for > HP to > write software until 9 or X hit the market. 3 or 4 years is a long time in computing. This sort of thing constantly annoys people who, at the time, shelled out a large amount of money for hardware that was expensive at the time. Also I have been in the same boat of switching from PC to Mac and having to replace a lot of my hardware as it was not supported on the Mac. Companies, like HP, Epson and the like, assume that the cheap price of modern inkjet & low-cost laser printers and scanners means anyone can afford to go out and replace their whole document processing to keep up with demand. Personally I think it is a bad attitude for a company to have but it's what is called, by the spin doctors in the industry, progress. I have decided I am going to make a concerted effort to recycle old Mac hardware and resell it to people who actually want it because I feel it is a waste to keep throwing all this stuff away in the name of 'progress'. Don't even get me started on HP's PC strategy.... -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
