Re: Apple a LEMON in disguise

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

Opps. First new Apple purchase .....

John King <joki@eskimo.com> wrote in message
news:8a1kub$5pp$1@eskinews.eskimo.com...
> My first new purchase was an Apple MP120. I read all the hype about how
> wonderful the new NOS 2 was etc. About 3 months later, the 130 came out.
> I'll never forget that. I could have waited, had I know.
>
> It was then I realized that Apple was screwed up big time -- and they
were,
> as we all know.
>
>
> Keith Whitehead <k.j.whitehead@massey.ac.nz> wrote in message
> k.j.whitehead-84DAE3.12241507032000@news.massey.ac.nz">news:k.j.whitehead-84DAE3.12241507032000@news.massey.ac.nz...
> > In article <060320001006184686%goaway@please.com>, Boob
> > <goaway@please.com> wrote:
> >
> > > To Whom it may concern,
> > >
> > > I am a designer by trade in the pre-press industry, I live in
Edmonton,
> > > Alberta, Canada.
> >
> > < snipped>
> > >
> > > regretfully,
> > >
> > > Robert Scott.
> >
> > I am sorry that you have had problems...occasionally there is a machine
> > or two that is problematic...be it a Mac or a Wintel box.
> >
> > The thing that Apple is behind the times on is warranty...they have
> > always had one of the worst. I can get PCs with 3-5 year warranties with
> > out having to beg...a Mac..12 months only! Not only that any spares for
> > a Mac cost 10-20 times that of an equivelent PC part...AND the apple one
> > may be reworked, the PC one is NEW.
> >
> > I love my Mac...I HATE the PC I use at work, I will never buy a new
> > Mac...I wait to see what models are dogs and avoid them always buying a
> > good 2nd hand machine that has had its reliability proven.
>
>