Re: PC or Mac?

["Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@b60z27hbb464i.ab.hsia.telus.net>]

In article <a3c3jv$qmb$1@merope.saaf.se>, Paul Schlyter wrote:
> Don't you think it's premature to judge a whole line of computers from
> just one single specimen?

I base the judgement on a number of Wintel computers.  Then again, I
will point out that this judgement is remains flawed because a lot of
these computers were brought to me because they were broken.  ;)

Still, I have run into some unexcusable problems: VESA cards (yes, I
know these are long gone) tended to pop out of expansion slots due
to poorly designed mainboards or cases; clock batteries which were
soldered to the pins of an IC (which were terribly delicate in their
own right), which meant an expensive replacement or a delicate
soldering job (the computer *would not* boot without a functional
battery).  I ran into a mainboard which never worked properly because
the socket for one DIMM was not soldered to the mainboard properly.
(This last case was a problem from day one, but never repaired under
warranty for some reason.  When the salesman was asked why the
components were so cheap he said that they buyer was clearly unwilling
to pay for quality hardware in the first place, otherwise he could
have sold them a Mac.  ;)

Byron.