[Duo2400] Re: Glod on 2400

[Larry Friedman]

At that point your best option is a 1st gen Clamshell cause it will 
still run 8.6 with the option of X.

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 08:10  AM, Donald McCaig wrote:

> Dear Gurus,
> 	Mr. Davis wrote: "DTT , Brian, says he is 99% sure it is the I/O
> board. I assume this
> is the same power I/O board others have had replaced. He says $150
> and i should be up and running."
>
> 	I've torn my 2400 down once and sent it twice to DT&T for an I/O
> board and a CPU repair. Their prices were reasonable and their 
> turnaround
> speed was remarkable - both times I had my 2400 back within ten days.
> 	When people talk blithly about upgrading to OSX or complain about
> the cost of fixing an older (but otherwise satisfactory) machine, I 
> shudder.
> 	If I sell my 2400/240 instead of getting it repaired and buy one of
> the new PB G4's, I lose 7.6.1, 8.6 and all the apps specific to them. I
> must upgrade, load and tweak all my apps: hundreds of dollars and days 
> of
> my time adjusting a tool instead of using it to make my living. Send 
> it to
> DT&T.
> 						Donald McCaig