10 years, 9 assorted Macs, 3 iPods, 1 iPhone. Only problem was an iPod that died after 11 months, replaced within 5 days.
Not bad. Darren On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmmm. > > Since 1984 I've had a Macintosh, Macintosh Plus, a IIci, G3 Desktop, > iLamp, current G4 iBook and current iMac. The power supply expired on > the original Macintosh (apparently a common problem), the hard disks > needed replacing in the G3 and the iLamp and the power supply and > power something (Sam knows what!) failed in my iMac. Hard disks can > fail in anything and they're fairly generic I would have thought, so > that means two power supply failures in 25 years which is not bad I > reckon. I've certainly had more varied problems with work PCs over the > same time period. I'm happy. > > Stephen > > > On 20 Oct 2009, at 08:19, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > > > > > Following the announcement of Apple's wonderful profits, a word: > > > > The last 3 Macs I have bought have each had a series of faults > > involving them being in Mac hospital for several visits and sometimes > > for long periods. My TimeCapsule is waiting to be replaced under > > guarantee. I don't have an iPod or iPhone: the only other Apple > > hardware I have is a wireless keyboard and mouse which seem fine. (I > > have a long history of hardware problems with Apple kit.) > > > > Sometimes I wonder if I'm somehow electronically charged, or > > radioactive. My brother in law, who programs for Apple, says that if > > you give me a program and I've not crashed it in 15 minutes, it's > > legally stable. > > > > Alternatively, it's not exactly an outstanding record. If Apple are > > the Rolls Royces of computers, what on earth are the Ford Prefects? > > > > Ranulph > > > > > > > The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're > still a rat. - Lily Tomlin > > > > > -- Darren Morgan [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
