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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Expensive doorstops
Message-ID: <1990Jul4.011508.10300@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 4 Jul 90 01:15:08 GMT
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In article <1990Jul3.192829.2745@kth.se> d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>
>
>Stuff the things into the car and drive home (DAMN! something
>gets very wring with the car and I barely get home at all)
>Unpack, plug in, install everything. Hit power switch.
>
>Nothing.

>I've bought four macs during my lifetime. Two of these have
>been DOA. Isn't this kind of "quality" hurting APple's image ?
>On the other hand, _when_ they work, they keep it up flawlessly.
>
>	Jon W{tte, Stockholm, Sweden, h+@nada.kth.se

I don't think Apple has too much control over DOAs-- most of them seem
to be due to obvious shipping damage (like the two I've seen-- in both cases,
the circuit board was actually cracked)  Maybe they need to be packed better,
but there seems to be sufficient styrofoam...
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