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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Expensive doorstops
Message-ID: <1990Jul3.192829.2745@kth.se>
Date: 3 Jul 90 19:28:29 GMT
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Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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I called the campus store today. YES ! It was HERE !
Leaving work 5 hours early to get there in time (only open
three hours a day, three days a week during summer) I dash
away to fetch it. Computer box, Keyboard box, and Monitor
box. "No video card" "Oh, it's already installed" "Have a
look anyway" - no video card. (Fortunately, one was available
on a nearby shelf.)

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.

Frenetically change cords, card and stuff around, checking the
outlet with another mac that was handy.

Still nothing.

I think that when you pay $11,500 for a <something>, it should
at least have been QC tested & passed. (That's the price of an
8-bit 13" 4/80MB IIfx system with educational discount here)

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