We've always had UPS's, usually APC, and *all* of our computers have
worked without any major problems for long periods of time, say 8-10
years. Usually in the $75-150 range.
So I'm happy with them. I have had good power, flaky power -
but the Macs are happy critters.
On Dec 28, 2008, at 6:19 AM
On Dec 28, 6:19 am, Bill Christensen
wrote:
> ...
> I never said anything about defective hardware. I said I ran "one
> of the diagnostic/repair tools on it, fix a bunch of stuff". By that
> I was referring to SOFTWARE diagnostics and SOFTWARE fixes - Disk
> First Aid, Disk Warrior, Norton, wh
On Dec 28, 6:19 am, Bill Christensen
wrote:
> At 10:16 PM -0800 12/27/08, w_tom wrote:
>
> >On Dec 27, 10:55 pm, Bill Christensen
> >wrote:
> >> Finally I decided that the prime difference was the power. They were
> >> unprotected. We've got a big UPS (sine wave output, not square
> >> wave
At 10:16 PM -0800 12/27/08, w_tom wrote:
>On Dec 27, 10:55 pm, Bill Christensen
>wrote:
>> Finally I decided that the prime difference was the power. They were
>> unprotected. We've got a big UPS (sine wave output, not square
>> wave). We're all way out at the end of the power system, and t
On Dec 27, 10:55 pm, Bill Christensen
wrote:
> Finally I decided that the prime difference was the power. They were
> unprotected. We've got a big UPS (sine wave output, not square
> wave). We're all way out at the end of the power system, and the
> power is definitely prone to spikes and surg
At 7:21 PM -0800 12/26/08, w_tom wrote:
> Low voltage is not hard on motherboards. Electronics has been
>required to not be harmed by low voltage for generations - even long
>before PCs exists. However myths to promote UPSes live on. In fact a
>chart from an industry standard 30 some years ag
