[Leica] mac-windoz

[gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo)]

I know the guy who does quality control for Dell. He has been warning 
management that there are some serious qa problems with considerable 
quantities of Chinese sourced boards, etc.. Warnings that they are only 
training their replacements also go ignored. At least once, several hundred 
thousand boards had to be junked as completely unusable. Management at the 
source plant subsequently informed Dell that the workers' responsible 'would 
be punished'. Not exactly sure what that means but it doesn't sound like 
just harsh language was used.

 

Dell's top XPS boxes are unaffected by all this as they are still made 
inTexas with topnotch components.

 

Greg Lorenzo

Calgary, Canada 
 
> From: jsmith342 at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:01:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Leica] mac-windoz
> 
> I thought the Chinese bought Lenovo from IBM about 5 years ago. I can 
> tell you, from experience, that Chinese-made Dells leave a lot to be 
> desired. After 4 motherboards in 2 months, I bought a Mac. They 
> replaced the motherboard 3 times with used motherboards. Nothing makes 
> me angrier than buying a new product, having it DOA, and having it 
> replaced with a used product. Dell has done that to me 4 times now 
> (three times with motherboards, one time with an entire laptop, and 
> the replacement laptop looked like it had been through hell and back). 
> Enough is enough.
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> 
> > Lenovos are assembled in North Carolinain the old IBM plant. My new 
> > one
> > (arriving today) was shipped from there. Lenovo authorized service 
> > station
> > is four blocks from my house.
> >
> > The Mac is Eric's, and was required by the music department at his
> > University. They have on-campus support, but this is summer, and 
> > OKC is
> > eight hours drive.
> >
> > Nearest Mac tech is in Shreveport, eighty miles away. He kept it 
> > for a
> > week, did some mumbo-jumbo, sent it back, and the problem was still 
> > there.
> > Meanwhile, school starts in a few weeks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Jefffery Smith 
> > <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Lenovos are made in China too, so they get the same complete lack of
> >> quality control that has come to define Chinese-made products. The 
> >> only
> >> thing on my macs that seems to be worthless is the AC adaptor. I'm on
> >> adaptor #5 now.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:57 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> >>
> >> So, being forced by my son's University to buy him a MacBook, I 
> >> joined the
> >>> ranks of the Mac Owners. Fast forward, the year went by, and now 
> >>> the
> >>> dreaded X-battery icon.
> >>>
> >>> First pass through the Mac clinic, and I got the machine back, and 
> >>> the
> >>> battery was charged, but it would not boot from the battery.
> >>>
> >>> The Mac clinic is eighty miles away. This is the second trip.
> >>>
> >>> I thought you guys said Macs were better.
> >>>
> >>> Magic even.
> >>>
> >>> For what I paid for the Mac book, I could have bought three Lenovos.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Sonny
> >>> http://www.sonc.com
> >>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080)
> >>> USA
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sonny
> > http://www.sonc.com
> > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> > Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080)
> > USA
> >
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