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On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 03:49:15 GMT, "Rudolf Ladyzhenskii"
<rudolf.ladyzhenskii@REMOVETOREPLYadcomtech.net> wrote:

>
>> Quite frankly, I don't know how anyone can make a living out consumer
>> gear these days.
>
>There is a lot of high end stuff out there. Audio systems, large TVs,
>cameras...

True, but how much work is there in these areas? Could you charge
AUD$70-100 per hour?

>
>> I guess I contribute to this problem, both from a
>> consumer and designer point of view. If I buy something I like it to
>> be cheap. I am not going to pay 10K for a tv when I can get one for
>> 1K.
>I would like to get it cheap too, but I would also like to get something of
>a good quality and I am prepared to pay more.
>In the end, you get what you paid for.

Whilst I don't like to pay for the real cheap crap I can't justify
going out and buying the top end gear. It's really just a rip off and
doesn't often last much longer.

>
>
>> Likewise when I design something I don;t care about servicing and
>> lifetime, I just care about maximising profit and minimising cost.
>> Thats how (and why) I get paid.
>
>I am a design engineer myself. Your attitude is not quite right. It is all
>depends on what you are desihning. Making it cheap -- yes, but at what cost?
>Make the quality suffer? Good strategy on a short term, but will bite you in
>teh long term.
>Serviceability? It does not cost much to make it easier to service. And it
>makes it easier for yourself to diagnose faults easier when unit comes back
>faulty and engineer has to troubleshoot it.
>
>Generaly, I would design something to last and be easy maintainable as much
>as budget allow.
>

I never said I design poor quality gear. I just design cheap stuff,
often not worth repairing cause its cheaper to replace.

As for servicing, I don't repair it so I don't care (poor attitude I
know). I have been a tech but now as an engineer I know that it is
often uneconomical to make stuff serviceable. How many people can
replace BGA's out there??? I cant even buy parts anymore that are
easily serviceable.

Andy
 
   
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