Brian Christmas wrote: > G'day from Oz Bruce.
G'day to you...hope you're not in Sydney....at least it rained, finally. (I know the feeling, a little...we've had some bad fires here, and I know people who were up in that big fire in Northern Arizona last summer) > Thanks for that info. > > My observations re Apple were based on the many postings I have read > about this that believe Apple could fix the problem by re-writing the > relevant extensions. Rewriting system extensions for officially EOL'ed system software, in support of long-ago EOL'ed hardware is rarely good business sense, especially if your business is based on selling new hardware with an entirely new OS, no matter how it offends cheapsk...errr, 'frugal' users ;-P Despite indications to the contrary in the mid 90's, Apple is run by people with damned good business sense. > Some testing I did revealed the extension 'usb Devices' is the problem. > > Also, Apple dealers won't sell anyone a new rom module. The whole board > has to go to Apple. That's because there *aren't* any new ROM modules, and officially you need the rev2 mobo to support the rev B or rev C rom. (I don't know about unofficially.) > > They're not very user friendly, but I suppose they have a better > reputation than that other, unmentionable, weird mob. Au contraire. Apple is very user friendly, and they win awards for customer service year after year. Their hardware is, in the main, quite well made, and has a far longer useful life span than most other computers. (I have a circa 1994 Powerbook 540C on my desk right now, that is perfectly usable, while we just surplused a PC laptop of the same vintage as hopelessly incapable of running anything current, or even what it had very well...at the time, it also cost as much, new, as that 540C I have). They will fix your computer, even though it's years old, and dependent on a dwindling stock of refurbished and old new stock parts. Try this with a Gateway or a Dell...you'll be told to buy a new one. In fact, I had to fight a long time to get Gateway to give me a new motherboard from a system that was still under warantee, and was obsolete...the motherboard was no longer made; they wanted me to wait for an indeterminate amount of time until a refurb became available. After much ranting (and telling our Gateway rep that we did, ahem, buy a lot of systems from them, and they might want to fix this asap, or 'Dude, we're getting a Dell...') I got an upgraded mobo for the system. (it was a PII/600 for PIII/600 swap, not all that big of a deal...) And remember, this was a system *UNDER WARRANTEE*. Don't forget, whenever you get on to the various email and web forums, you're mainly hearing the 'squeaky wheel effect' People don't write long passionate diatribes about how "...their computer works PERFECTLY! Dammit! and they got their system fixed RIGHT AWAY!!" on these things. :-/ To listen on some of these places, you would wonder how Apple has survived so long, since they apparently couldn't make a light switch that worked right, let alone design computer hardware and software.... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
