I guess the EU has lobbyists too. How nice for the manufacturers. ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com
2009/4/21 François Chaplais <[email protected]> > > Le 21 avr. 09 à 18:32, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : > > < >> > > ..... > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> I am bemused by all the commercial hype to endlessly upgrade; most PCs >> currently on the market >> can do a lot more than the average consumer will ever require. >> >> I run a G4 Mac (Mirror Door 2003, Dual Proc.), a PPC Mac Mini, a G3 iMac, >> and a "Bits-and-Bobs-flung-together-from- >> the-discard-pile" Pentium 4: between them they satisfy all my computing >> needs. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> My ability to get old computers working is strictly restricted to bunging >> an install disk into the CD drive! >> >> If the computing world would sit back and think a bit, instead of >> continually spending money on ever more >> spiffy computers, and filling up landfills like nobody's business; they >> might see the virtues of hanging on to >> older hardware and "milking it" as long as possible: this is, ultimately >> far more 'green' than buying >> Steve Jobs' "latest thang", which, supposedly, is so 'eco' that it gives >> free massages to members of greenpeace :) >> >> > A few years ago I went to my favorite Apple reseller to repair my wife's > iBook. The technician told me it was not possible anymore; more precisely, > the older French law forced manufacturers to supply spare parts for ten > years, whereas, in a later application of a E.U. "regulation", only five > years of spare parts supply were required now; which means that, you > actually cannot spare parts after five years. > Which also means that, if a company does not have a brand policy, > everything will be designed to break apart after 5 years. > Recently tested with a washing machine. > > Best regards, > François > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
