Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!ncsuvx!bhh From: bhh@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Barry Hales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: If you can't stand the heat ... Message-ID: <1986@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 13 Jul 88 17:50:55 GMT References: <578@helios.toronto.edu> <6509@well.UUCP> Reply-To: bhh@ncsuvx.UUCP (Barry Hales) Distribution: na Organization: NCSU Computing Center Lines: 27 In article <6509@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >In article <578@helios.toronto.edu> dooley@helios.physics.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley) writes: >> [ Story about how Macs cough in hot weather. ] >>Maybe that everything-in-one-box design isn't such a great idea after all.... > It has nothing to do with the fact that Macs have everything crammed >into that little toaster. It has to do with the fact that, with the recent >exception of the Mac-too, every computer Apple has designed has a fundemental >design flaw. > The fan is missing. It also has to do with the fact that the Mac series (the old ones, at least) use rather cheap power supplies. I used to work at a repair shop, and we used to get Macs in all the time with power supplies that had played out. The things just aren't put together that good. The newer ones (Mac SE, Mac II) use much better parts, from what I could tell. I have an A500, and have heard all the power supply horror stories...I have been lucky so far with the ps (the first amiga system I got broke within one week, monitor AND computer, but the replacement I got has worked beautifully!) not overloading, considering I am running an external drive and the A501 memory card. I just wish CBM had put a bit more sturdy power supply on the thing, but so far, so good for me ....... Barry Hales bhh@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu Disclaimer: the ususal drek.......