Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!i2unix!inria!bull.bull.fr!bull!Patrick.Hayes From: Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Patrick Hayes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: When my Classic will arrive??? Message-ID: Date: 20 Dec 90 12:05:05 GMT References: <1990Dec18.172214.13389@d.cs.okstate.edu> Sender: news@bull.bull.fr Organization: Cediag Bull S.A., Louveciennes, France Lines: 37 In-reply-to: minich@d.cs.okstate.edu's message of 18 Dec 90 17:22:14 GMT In article <1990Dec18.172214.13389@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes: > I'm not Steve but I think Patrick has failed to read between Steve's >subtle lines. (Only Steve knows for sure...) I _think_ the slam was >intended to be more like "There's nothing I can fix inside a Classic, >it's so damn packed. At least on the Plus, I cold..." This is a valid >gripe should the Classic turn up a nasty misdesign that necessitates a >board swap since few are skilled enough to work on extremely dense PCBs. This could certainly be a valid gripe if Apple sold their machines in kit, but they do not and current (and past) policy on all compact macs is "no user servicable parts inside". Other than ROM/swim swaps (let's leave the Mac +'s analog card out of this ok?) when has Apple advised it's !dealers! to service a mac's innards? Anyway Apple isn't the only one going to packed circuit boards EVERYONE is. Is this a double standard in the making? If Compac comes out with an itsy bitsy motherboard it's deemed a technological jewel, but if Apple does -- boy is that going to be hard to fix IF they made a mistake... I'm sorry Robert, I don't see this as a valid (though much more comprehensible) complaint. The higher the circuit integration => the smaller the motherboards => more room on my desk the less heat generated => smaller fan - less noise Pat Corrections welcome -- +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Patrick Hayes | EMail : Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr | | BULL CEDIAG | or hayes@bull.fr | | 68, Route de Versailles | or ...!mcvax!inria!bullfr!hayes | | F-78430 Louveciennes FRANCE | Tel : (33 1) 39 02 49 55 | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+