Klarinet Archive - Posting 000498.txt from 2003/08

From: Gil Guerrero <gilster@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Computer/E-mail Hell
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:34:11 -0400

Not to start the Mac / Wintel flame again. or to put too fine a point
on it, but I think that the issue here is that Apple does not allow
clones (except for their one brief, now ended, flirtation) and that
they seem to either derate components or overengineer their designs.
It's one of the reasons that Apple feels that they can use, what some
consider, such high pricing.

I know that it is certainly physically possible for any power supply
to fail, especially if there are power problems in your area. But in
15 years of administering Macs in the corporate and home environment,
I just haven't seen any go on a Mac. And I still have some clients
running 10+ year old machines 24/7 as mail servers, etc. In that same
time, I have done several on various Wintel clones, and tried to
purchase decent replacement supplies, Antec or the like.

Coke!

Pepsi!

Leblanc!

Buffet!

Selmer!

I believe that higher end manufacturer's of PEECEEs can and do use
good components in their more expensive systems. I also know that to
sell you a 399 machine, you're not getting top of the line components.

>A failed power supply has nothing to do with windows. A power
>supply can fail (and do) on Apples as well as PCs.
>
>-------Original Message-------
>From: Suzanne Stanton <suzanne@-----.com>
>>
>> Why anyone would run a Windows Based operating system is beyond me. I
>have 4 Apple computers running on OS X in my business and have not had
>ANY problems at all for well over a year now. No crashes lock ups or
>freezes. Whatever time and money you spent fixing your computer you
>could have made the switch. It's the difference between plastic barrels
>and wooden barrels. You get what you pay for.
>
>-Bryant
>
>
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