On Oct 9, at 22:28 | Oct9, Stephen Usher wrote:
> On 07/10/2011 20:05, peet vanpeebles wrote:
>
>> To be fair Apple products have a had a checkered reliability as well.
>> I've fixed a number of ibooks. Not mention the faults with older
>> ipods or phones with no signal. Or the top of range liquid cooled G5s
>> that were prone to leaking. Ebay is awash with spares or repair Apple
>> equipment. Sir Clive made some shonky stuff in his time but never
>> charged 1000s. If you pay a few thousand for a computer I'd expect
>> more than a 1 year warranty.
>
> Again, to be fair, this is the same with *ALL* manufacturer's kit at the
> moment. The same factories in China that make Apples make Dells and HPs etc.
>
> Having said that, and dealing day-to-day with a large number of people with a
> large number of types and manufacture of machines, the Apple machines, like
> for like, are about the same price as an equivalent corporate Dell and are,
> in general, better put together and reliable. They all fail but on the whole
> the Apples are slightly better. They're also (mostly) a darn sight easier to
> repair and get parts for as the models don't change as often as their PC
> counterparts.
>
>> They are nice to use and I own a few myself but I think it's more
>> about the branding, image and selling a lifestyle.
>
> Actually, there's some of that but they just don't play in the bargain
> basement, where ASUS, Acer etc. fail to make money.
>
>
I agree - they are not trouble-free. My second Macbook had so many issues
(power supply, power board, motherboard, membrane, ODD drives [2]) that they
gave me a brand new top spec faster higher capacity model to replace my lower
spec one.
… and all very quickly and at the store.
Try getting such a response from Sinclair (at the time)!
Tony
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