How come macbooks are plastic again? Adam Field
Keep your computer secure by getting a mac. Visit http://www.apple.com/uk/getamac/ On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Darren Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
