(March 12, 2019 at 12:25 am)bennyboy Wrote: PC computers are freedom, with some of the hiccups that come along with that-- devices that don't always handle PnP properly etc.
Macs are fully integrated, but with a loss of freedom to expand or change your setup easily, and with a real Monopoly on its OS.
I might buy a Mac for a production environment, but for personal use, I'd never risk their BS warranty policy. I've lost $2000 already because my daughter dribbled a bit of soup on the keyboard (I mean, like a spoonful, not a bowlful).
Yup, makes perfect sense.
Plus of course, my computer use has changed a lot in the last 20 years. Spend much less time playing around with open source programmes. Simply don't need my computer to be as flexible.-
-up to about 5 years ago, I had a little niche business fixing PCs for computer illiterates of my generation. I went to them,$35, no time limit, no fix no charge.Didn't make any money, but met a lot of interesting people. Always got paid too., although I tended not to charge pensioners.
I don't know about Apple's warranty policy. I can tell you that more than a few large companies have found that our Consumer protection legislation is not optional Our consumer watch dog has the authority to levy fines in the millions of dollars.
Warranty for the Mac is moot ,as the thing is 3 years old. However, I have no problem fighting with big companies; I know our consumer law. Often they arrogantly do not. Pretty sure Apple's company policy about what voids a warrantee wouldn't fly here.--their policy may not be in conflict with our consumer law. Really crumbles my cookies to see how some companies here cheat older customers.
