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Warwick Allison (warwick@cs.uq.oz.au) wrote:
OS/2> craig@yonder.equinox.gen.nz (Craig Shore) writes:
OS/2> >Warwick Allison writes:
OS/2> 
OS/2> >>In my experience, cheap PC-clones are flaky.  You STILL get what you pay
OS/2> >>for, even with the low prices of The Clones.
OS/2> 
OS/2> >They're still guarenteed the same, 1 or 2 years (depending on the part
OS/2> > you're talking about), so if it busts, get it fixed or replaced
OS/2> > for free.
OS/2> 
OS/2> Unfortunately, computers aren't like cars, despite the silly analogies
OS/2> I've been hearing lately.  With cars, if everything works fine in the
OS/2> first two years, nothings likely to suddenly fail for another ten.
OS/2> 
OS/2> But with computers, a flakey component can work PERFECTLY for any amount
OS/2> of time then DING - suddenly a chip pops out of its socket (ok, easy
OS/2> to fix).  Or a dry joint finally develops just under the spacebar that
OS/2> you bash everytime you fire a smart-bomb.
OS/2> 
OS/2> So, while this doesn't have much to do with "advocacy", it's worth
OS/2> considering when comparing warranties.

I really wish you would lay off the complete misinformation.  Any
electrical engineering major (I was one for 3 years) will tell you
that over 90% of the time if an electronic component is bad it
will fail quickly.  That is why most reasonable manufacturers these
days ('cept Atari...but they're not reasonable) will burn in the
machine for 72 hours or so.

Regards,

Chris

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