From: steve harley
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 I should have said ABSOLUTE control.
Still, in the real world there's no way to be absolutely "smoke free".
Any more that it's possible to absolutely avoid any of the other
environmental hazards that Apple's boilerplate warranty excludes.
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 am an ex-smoker, but no longer a fanatical advocate. I quit going on
40 years ago, and it's a little difficult to maintain the intensity of
my attitude at this remote date. I smoked for about 10 years, getting up
to two packs (or more) a day before quitting.
I actually quit in a fit of pique when I ran out, but managed to make it
stick; the one time in my life when mule-headed stubbornness turned out
to be good for something.
Besides, cigarettes aren't the only source of environmental pollution we
have to deal with every day. And all those others seem to be clumped
together under Apple's catch-all language as well.
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
It's not clear to me that Apple made a valid case this is what happened.
I hear an excuse, not a reason.
Nor is it clear to me there IS a valid case to be made. I know well the
gunk that builds up even in the absence of tobacco smoke.
Again, in the real world, there are many pollutants that contribute to
the general haze we have to breath every day and if a laptop can't deal
with second hand cigarette smoke, how's it supposed to deal with all
that other crap?
If it's not, then the laptop is not designed to work in the real world.
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