[rescue] NeXT + Mac

[Zach Malone]

    I've spoken to a few Apple certified techs who absolutely hate the
iMacs, apparently the heat in them is enough that the video boards and
monitor electronics go regularly, and replacing that stuff and then
recalibrating the monitor takes while.  I personally have been upset with
the quality of recent Apple machines, the Powerbook G3 Wallstreet and the
G3/G4 towers being the exceptions.  Of the last 5-6 new Macs I have dealt
with, maybe 1 or 2 of them were ok, the rest had bad memory (2 machines),
faulty power switches (2 machines), and a complete logic board failure (1
machine, took the University computer service center place ages to figure
that one out).  The Apple towers are the only product of theirs that I still
have faith in, I havn't had one problem with those,
    Sorry for the rant,
    Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Weiss" <ajwdsp at cloud9.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: [rescue] NeXT + Mac


> > That would depend on the impossibility of getting the beast to NYC... I
have
> > not done the Next thing... I have fixed Mac's for years, and developed a
> > lasting dislike for the platform because of it. Just how many
similarities
>
> That's amazing.  I've fixed all kinds of machines for years and developed
> the strongest respect for Macs after having to fix them and PC's
> constantly.  The only Macs I hate are the SE form factor Macs.  I've
> worked on everything from the original up to several revs of iMac.
>
> My pride and joy is a Blue and White running OS X 10.0.4
>
> I also have recently gotten a Quadra 840AV and an 8100/80AV to run Linux
> on.
>
> Andrew
>
> Beautiful machines... though Classic MacOS was a joke.
>
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