Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, my experience is exactly the opposite. In 2006 I bought my first Mac, a second-hand Powerbook G4 (model 2005, I think). It still works perfectly, of course it is not up to the latest applications, but we keep it as our "guest computer" for visitors who come without their own laptop or tablet and want to check their e-mail, browse etc. I have since bought three new Macs: an iMac in 2008 or 2009, a Macbook Pro in 2010 (both for myself) and a Macbook Pro for my daughter last May. All have functioned without a hitch, every day, and none of them has ever needed to be rebooted except for when required in connection with a software installation. In contrast, my previous many years of Windows experience (lasting to this day, since we have Windows at the office) has been marked by blue screens at least once a week, and various hardware problems, especially with Dell products. In a similar vein, between my wife, me and our two children we have acquired 5 iPhones, 2 iPads and 3 or 4 flavors of iPod over the years, and all of them function perfectly. Your mileage may vary, indeed. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Mar 1, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > I have had about a dozen Dell computers, all running Windoze. They all ran > for at least 4 years without incident. No hardware failures. They were > all > bought as refurbished. They were replaced because they finally were too > old > technology to accept new OS or new HW that I needed to implement. > > > > I have had 2 monitors for my computer in the past 20 years. The last > replacement was a CRT. It was replaced because I wanted more room on my > desktop, not because it was not working. Current monitor is a Samsung > 204B. > Old technology when I bought it about 5 years ago. Still works just fine. > > > > These were top quality manufacturers, selling top quality models. ( the > operative word is quality, not cost nor functionality) > > > > Only recently did my wife want other than a Toshiba Laptop computer ( we > had > 4 or 5 over the years). All lasted about 6-18 months before they were > having problems. Batteries reoutiney needed replacement in about 5 months. > Replaced 4 HDD. No more Laptops, no more Toshiba here. > > > > I bought an IPad for my wife just before Christmas 2011. It is > intermittently dead. After 4 trips to the genius bar, she is about to > return it for a refurbished and presumably working model. It operated > properly for 3 months. She has to call Apple, arrange an empty box, return > it, wait a week or so, then get a replacement. The Genius Bar does nothing > to help with the replacement, even after 4 useless visits there. It was > bought new from Apple directly. Any talk about getting a Mac was > completely crushed by her experience with the IPad. I consider the > customer service level to be zero on this transaction. > > > > She has a friend that bought her IPad about a month ago and has had the > same > problem. Same result.. 4 trips.. no luck.. Go get it replaced on your own. > > > > She bought a Kindle for herself, apparently more than a year ago. Dead > battery this past week. Out of warranty. We faced with a battery > replacement by Amazon for $59, a DIY battery replacement for $30 (third > party), of buy a new one for a whole lot more. > > > > I am unimpressed with the quality of these products. I consider them like > appliances, they should last a good long time before requiring service. > > > > Yes, I was in the Electronics business.. I understand the issues with > infant > mortality, battery life expectancy, and repair centers. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >