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From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Broken Quantum HD80
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Date: 10 Oct 89 14:56:05 GMT
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flame on:

In many articles people write something like:
> My SE/30 hard drive doesn't always boot.
- (Or the monitor, or the hard drive, or the keyboard, or the mouse,
- or *something* smokes, squeals, snaps, shimmies, or is broken.)
> Our Macintosh is just a few weeks old.
  ^-----------------------------------^
> Is the solution really to
> leave the thing on all the time?
- (Or, can I open the Mac and fix it myself?
- Or, shall I just ignore the problem and hope it goes away?)

Folks, if you buy a new Macintosh (or car, or whatever), and it's
broken, have it fixed!  If you *think* there is a problem, take the
computer to your dealer, and have them (at least attempt to) fix it!

If you screw with it yourself, or you live with an intermittent problem
during the warranty period, you really can't blame the dealer for
charging to fix it when your Mac dies completely, 2 days after the
warranty is up.  Get your complaint down on paper.

flame off.  (thanks, I feel better now.)
--
Steve Ligett       steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or
(decvax harvard linus true)!dartvax!steve.ligett