I disagree. Nobody is out but the owners, stockholders, and investors and future users and recipients of Apple product.
Due to the assenine class-action suit against Apple, this has had lots of press. I have it from a good source that they've been working on this program for nearly 14 months, but it took a while to get the system hammered out, even though tons of folks were having the problem. They knew it was an issue LONG before some sleazoid lawyers decided to make a quick buck... The real winners are the jack-a$$ lawyers who sued--they'll come out with the cash. The plaintiffs are going to be lucky if they walk away with their machines repaired, and in the end, the only advantage to you and me is that the news hit the stands a little louder because of the suit. Apple was working on it and would have released it (the program) anyway, because they DO care abouttheir clients, despite what some here think. The issue is HIGHLY technical, not easy to resolve, and requires a very very complex process, so development of a cure has taken quite some time to implement. That said, the other real winner is ATI. The whole problem is due to a poorly designed and faulty ATI Rage Pro chip, not by evil Republicans in the dark folds of Apple... Unless something happened behind closed doors, those ATI guys are the ones who made out like bandits--cause they never had to pay for the problem they caused Apple by selling a problematic chip, which overheats and blows up every 18 months. Tom. In a message dated 1/30/04 12:27:26 AM, you wrote: >Well, they do have to narrow it down to a particular cause and figure >out a solution for it before they release a plan to fix it, otherwise >they are just blowing sunshine up our butts ... and wasting our time >and their money in short term fixes. Besides, they are also reimbursing >anyone who spent money on having it repaired prior to this. So in the >end no one is out but Apple, its really a very good program and exactly >what they should have done. > >David -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
