[Ti] What A Lemon

[garretts at xmission.com]

> Amazing! Is this the exception, or (gulp) is this the rule?
>
> I've got a Ti G4 800 MHz. Other than the marks on the screen (from the
> keyboard) - it's been working OK...so far.

I have an original Ti 400 and haven't experienced any problems in the 
2+ years I've had it, aside from some minor marks on the screen.  I did 
swap a noisy hard drive (because of the space more than the noise, but 
it was annoying), although it continues to work fine in a firewire 
enclosure.


>> DVD drive replace 3
>> times, screen replaced twice (within 2 weeks of each other because of 
>> a
>> recurring vertical line), motherboard replaced once, and the top shell
>> (around the keyboard area) replaced once.  I practically have a new
>> computer with all the times this thing's been in the shop.

Yikes!  I must say, the stories I hear on this list will definitely 
cause me to think twice about picking up AppleCare next time I purchase 
a laptop.  I'd love to see some statistics on rate of failure for these 
machines.  (Ditto for the iPod... I've heard plenty of bad stories 
about those, too.  I've sent mine back once already.)


Garrett