[X4U] How much can it cost

[Dave B]

I agree that such a small and relatively insignificant item shouldn't  
be the cause of such frustration, but this mode of operation is in  
keeping with Apple hardware philosophy. It either works or it doesn't.  
Similar to the RAM test that is done at start-up. If the RAM fails,  
the machine won't boot.

Better to have a machine that won't boot than one that does, and lets  
you get half way into a [presentation, document, video, whatever] then  
freezes. I'd rather be frustrated with a 'broken' computer than  
standing in front of the Board of Directors with a crashed computer...

Dave

--
I picked up a Magic 8 Ball the other day and it said "Outlook not so  
good."
I said, "Sure, because Microsoft still ships it!"

On 30-May-08, at 11:28, nk wrote:

> kind of a side note, but does this strike anybody else here as a  
> kind of dumb design?
> having to re-set the date by hand bcs of a dead pram battery is one  
> thing, but having a whole computer rendered inoperable by something  
> so small...just seems stoopid to me.
>
> I had 1 pram battery go bad on me in my life...was the DP G4, but I  
> could still fire the thing up at least.
>
> sheesh!
>
>
> n