I never had to buy one of their proprietary cables - I always got one in the box with the unit. That said...considering what I've seen in the field between APC and other brands I'd gladly spend the $28 to have the reliability and support of APC if I had to.
Ben M. Schorr Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 8:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 1:33 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: >> I still have a few APCs around here, but I'm mostly using CyberPower UPSes... >> I can get 40+ minutes (I have 4 UPSes) > > I quit using APCs a while back, I don't like their $28 proprietary USB cables. Their $45 proprietary RS-232 cables were better? Interestingly, the Smart-UPS line still uses the proprietary RS-232 cables, but appears to use a standard USB B port. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
