I would endorse what Andrew says. The only problem I have had with Macs has been self inflicted eg cup of coffee spilt over MacBook Pro.
On 11 Nov 2010, at 08:34, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had macs for 16 years or so - one of the early iMacs, a cube, an iBook, > a macbook and an intel iMac. The only problem was the cube - and that was > caused by putting a DVD in from a wrong region then a UK region then the > wrong one again - which messed up the DVD drive - it would only read DVD's > from that region ever after, so it had to have a new DVD drive. > > In fact, they have been so very reliable that whenever I hear friends > moaning about how often they have problems with their PCs, I tell them to > change to mac on the grounds that they never go wrong. > > A friend in the village I live in makes his living repairing computers and > says he HATES mac - because if everyone had one, he wouldn't have enough work! > > I sold the first iMac to buy the Cube - 3 gig hard drive seemed to become so > small! The cube went as I wanted to go from G4 to intel. Same with the > iBook - to go from G3 to Intel. > > And the reason I bought mac in the first place was hearing from the few mac > owning friends how trouble free they were, against the constant stream of > anguish from the many more PC using friends I have. > > Any problems I've had have been due to my own ineptitude and lack of computer > savvy. And this forum has been wonderful at helping me sort it out - not one > problem unresolved! Thanks all!!! > > I think you've been unlucky big time. > > Andrew > > Having said that - am I tempting fate? Will I have mega trouble now??!! > On 11 Nov 2010, at 7:08 am, Tony Crooks wrote: > >> >> On 11 Nov 2010, at 06:45, Ranulph Glanville wrote: >> >>> How is it that I have so many problems, and apparently others do not? Or >>> are others less pissed-off when they are left without their office, >>> workshop, whatever for a long time. >> >> Over the last 15+ years I've had 2 Apple computers have problems - a white >> eMac that had a new logic board replaced FOC as it was in an Apple >> replacement programme and a white Intel iMac, the one I'm sitting at now, >> which required a graphics board covered by AppleCare. I know Robert Harding >> moderately well and in conversation they are of the opinion that there have >> been a few instances where specific models have had a high incidence of >> problems. Historically Apple's practice of using repaired components for >> replacement parts has got it into trouble - I understood this mostly applied >> to logic boards. >> >> By way of comparison, over the last 5 years my wife has had 7 laptops from >> the school she teaches at fail, mostly Toshibas, and have to be replaced >> with new units. Not repaired but replaced. As each time a replacement is >> required it seems to take ESCC weeks to engage brain to effect this and she >> was given an old banger that takes forever to startup, never moves out of >> first gear, and taking about 3 minutes to load Word. In expectation of >> failure, for the last two years she keeps all her documentation and work on >> a regularly backed up external drive so that she can use one of our MacBooks >> in time of need. She'd think your experience is almost nirvana, Ranulph. >> -- >> Tony Crooks >> <mailto: [email protected]> >> 53 Mendip Avenue >> Eastbourne >> BN23 8HP >> >> Mob: 07590508079 >> Tel: 01323-460789 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an 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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an 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.
