Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!WHARTON-10.ARPA!shull From: shull@WHARTON-10.ARPA ("CHRISTOPHER E. SHULL") Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers Subject: Are there problems with the LaserWriter Plus? Message-ID: <8608230112.AA29059@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Fri, 22-Aug-86 18:30:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8608230112.AA29059 Posted: Fri Aug 22 18:30:00 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Aug-86 23:58:43 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "CHRISTOPHER E. SHULL" Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 28 Approved: laser-lovers@washington.arpa The sub-moronic "consultants" at the Penn Computer Store refuse to sell me either an Apple LaserWriter Plus or an upgrade kit for our LaserWriter. They claim that there are problems with the Plus's reliability, and even suggested that the failure rate is as high as fifty percent. Naturally, they are unwilling to sell, service or support a product with such an awful track record. If this is true, I don't blame them. However, I would not be the least bit surprised if they were just too lazy to deal with new products. I talked to some folks at local Authorized Apple Repair Centers and they hadn't had any problems, but suggested that they hadn't sold many Pluses either. I recall that there was a message on Laser-Lovers stating that demand was so high that Apple couldn't build them fast enough. Last time I asked this question I got a great response, so I'll use it again, "What's the real story?" -Chris Christopher E. Shull Decision Sciences Department The Wharton School Shull@Wharton-10.ARPA University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 (215) 898-5930 ------