On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:53 , paul stenquist wrote:
On Nov 25, 2009, at 2:58 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2009-11-25 11:34 , John Sessoms wrote:
Most purchasers won't have control over whether other people smoke
around them, even in California. Not if they ever want to actually
use
their portable computer as a portable computer.
really? that doesn't ring true to me -- i have lots of control,
with or without my computer, and my computer is extremely portable
-- i carry it to and from work daily, take it on short, long and
even overseas trips, use it in cafes and restaurants as well as all
manner of meeting rooms
maybe smokers (not sure if you are one, John) don't have a good
sense of how free of smoke most of the world is; after growing up
permeated by parental cigarette smoke, i've since found it easy to
avoid it, even before the laws have helped; last time i made a
major exception was ten years ago when my mother was dying of lung
cancer, and disconnecting from the oxygen a few times a day to
smoke a cigarette
i know well the gunk that smoke deposits, on electronics, walls,
appliances, artwork ... it clearly takes heavy consisent smoking
for it to build up, so an occasional waff in an outdoor cafe (which
is pretty infrequent these days) won't make a difference to
anything except my composure
I agree. I take my computer everywhere. It's my interview notebook.
I've yet to encounter a smoker. Smoking isn't allowed anywhere
except outdoors in most cities, and there are now restrictions on
outdoor smoking as well.
I've also experienced only good tech support and warranty service
from Apple. That's why I doubt the veracity of these tales. Yes,
they came from three parts of the country. But they could still be
from one misguided soul.
I used to smoke. From 1978 until 1984 when I quit, I was daily
ensconced in a small room with my Apple ][+, //e, and ||c, and an
ashtray. I smoked about a pack and a half a day. Did all my own work
on the machines. Though they would get woolly inside from time to time
because they all had fans that suck air in for cooling, they never got
gunky, because I kept the window open at least a couple of inches,
even in the winter.
I had a client, an artist, who chain smoked in his small studio with
his Macintosh SE. Over the two years that I had to work on his
machine, I had it opened up for memory upgrades twice. Once when it
was 6 months old, again when it was 2 years old. The first time I
opened it, it had some dust in it and I blew it out. A little slime
was on the IC surfaces, but not bad.
The second time, the case had started to turn orange on the outside
(originally grey) and the inside was horribly choked with dust and
woolies matted down in a septic goo of tar. It still worked, but
smelled offal (sic). I knew if I tried to clean it I would destroy it,
as I couldn't help but push some of that crap down where it may short
out adjacent pins. The only way I could see to clean it was to have it
immersed in a bath of MEK or some other heavy degreaser/solvent and
scrub it, then bake it to dry and replace. I was not equipped to do
this, so I carefully changed out the memory, closed it up, and
returned it after I took a bath.
I doubt any of you have been in an apartment or workspace where a
worker chain smoked, but the entire area will be covered with a
coating like this. And the air will be thick with smoke almost all the
time without proper ventilation.
Yuck is right.
Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time
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