Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Beware... Message-ID: <8904112353.aa29250@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 12 Apr 89 04:42:18 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 29 >The moral of the story: Some of you (us?) bright folks should take up >Apple computer repair part-time. It's more interesting than evening TV >fare and, even at half the dealer prices, far more profitable. We have a local authorized Apple dealer who employs a fellow who's been fixing Apple's since BEFORE the II+. He'll repair rather than replace in instances like those descibed here in recent messages. HOWEVER, the saving isn't that large. In addition to the fact that his hard earned skills are worth something considerable (if it was easy, LOTS of people would be doing it), he has a substantial investment in equipment (both diagnostic and repair) which (no surprise) figures in his fees. Also, you may have noticed in the trade press, Apple is expressing great unhappiness about some (thus far unidentified) dealers selling parts (specifically Macintosh ROM sets) to clone makers (making the clones legal, apparently, by the way). Apple's "swap the WHOLE motherboard" approach may be, in part, a protection of copyright move (explaining at least why it's difficult to replace a single burned out ROM chip -- if dealers stocked the ROM's as a replacement item, it would be even harder to control their use in Atari's, Amigas, Blue Macs, etc.). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)