Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're probably right on that Seth, but...true story. In about 1989 I took some book contract money and bought a Compaq luggable computer and HP Laser Jet - 300 dpi, 6 ppm if memory serves, for an obscene price. I seem to recall the Laserjet as being multi thousands, but maybe I'm crazy. Anyway, some time in the mid-90s I bought a much cheaper 12 ppm laserjet, and sold the first one to a friend. And today, 14 years after I bought that printer, he's still using it to crank out book manuscripts....so some things actually take lickins and keep on ticken...:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Seth Rosner Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:07 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom B.D. I agree with most of what you say; also with most of what Steve said. But........... > Oh, right - obsolescence. We are at the point now with digital where > people can buy in at a number of price points and be happy for quite a > few years to come with the results they get. Sure, digital will > continue to improve. But how many people will have to have the > improvements? Certainly not enough so that your concern about > "digicams" becoming obsolete every two years is relevant. This isn't the point. My understanding is that at the consumer level, product is being designed and manufactured to work well for a limited period of time and the manufacturers do not support or service their older equipment. It just happened to me with my relatively recent (4-year-old) Hewlett-Packard Laserjet printer/fax machine. It worked perfectly early last week. Then last Thursday it malfunctioned. Checking the "error" I need a new memory board. H-P no longer makes a separate memory board for this machine. But I can buy it in unit with some other important component. Price: $450. I get a trade-in of $200. for the components in the machine. But I have to find someone (and pay someone) who knows how to install the new components. Result, I spend $699. for a new "updated" Laserjet. So the photo consumer is compelled to upgrade because the maker can't (won't) fix the old machine. It's modern commerce. Yuk. Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html