On Nov 1, 2004, at 11:17 PM, seek wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Irene McC"
>> What's with hating Apple??? I'm aware of a hate campaign against
>> Windoze & all things Gates, but sitting here in South Africa I
>> haven't been aware of Apple being painted the Bad Guy.
>> Please elucidate.
>
> Apple sucks:
> http://www.darryl.com/apple.html
>
> iPod sucks:
> http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14019.htm
> ANGRY IPOD PEOPLE ASSAULT BATTERY-PRICE SHOCKER
> December 21, 2003 -- A dead battery in the trendiest of digital music
> players shocked two New
> Yorkers into taking on Apple Computer and may have helped win
> favorable results for the wired set.
> Casey Neistat, 22, and his brother, Van, 28, stuck it to the computer
> company when the battery in
> Casey's iPod went kaput and Apple suggested he buy a new player.
>
> A frustrated Neistat did, but then he and his sibling got even,
> blasting Apple in a two-minute
> online movie.
All batteries in EVERY unit (not just Apple) eventually lose their
charge and ability to recharge, and ultimately fail. Apple has long
since offered replacement batteries and you can very easily buy your
own third-party (for as low as $30, I believe) batteries since Apple
uses industry-standard lithium-ion batteries.
Secondly, they offer a very generous one year warranty which some other
manufacturers do not (Creative, for instance, only offers 90 days on
their battery). You can easily upgrade the warranty to three years, as
well. Or, simply, replace the battery yourself.
--
Mr. Tangent [the binary police]
www.mrtangent.com
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