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From: S707503@UWEC.BITNET (MARK RINECK)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Warantees
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Date: 20 Feb 90 20:06:00 GMT
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I have generally taken into consideration some things about warantees:

The IC chips in a computer *will* probably go during a burn-in period
and can be fixed no problemo. That's the nature of IC chips...either they
work or they fail.

But what about the mechanical parts of the computer (power supply, hard/
floppy drive, keyboard) These things may or may not prove faulty in 90
days.  I have no doubts that Apple produces some pretty faultless equipment
but, if I pay so much money, shouldn't I be assured concretely by Apple
that *nothing will go wrong with the hardware* or they'll fix it? If the
equipment Apple ships *is* so good, I'd like to see Apple back up the claim
with a long enough waranty. Again, back to the discussion of waranty
length.

I agree, 90 days on chips, boards, etc. is plenty long enough to ensure
that I won't get stuck with faulty equipment.  But, in the area of other
hardware (especially hard drives), one year is really not too unreasonable.

Markie
S707503@UWEC.BITNET
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Mark Rineck