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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 26 Apr 2010 21:19 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:28:59 +0100, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: >In article <14pbt5h1emr495hnr15kkj2nc99krvptuv(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie >Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:11:01 +0100, Bernard Peek <bap(a)shrdlu.com> >> wrote: >> >> >On 26/04/10 14:59, Duncan Kennedy wrote: >> > >> >>> So you see the moans. Not the praise. As you might expect. >> >> >> >> Yes - I accept that - but in relation to units sold of decent quality >> >> equipment, I'm nt yet convinced that Macs are any more reliable than >> >> decent Win PCs. >> > >> > From conversations with monks elsewhere I've concluded that the >> >hardware is now about as reliable as a PC and the OS sucks a lot less >> >than it once did. I'm still unlikely to spend my own shekels on one, >> >even if unrecovery made that feasible. >> >> >> http://lifehacker.com/5524704/laptop+reliability-study-highlights-the-most-stu >> rdy-laptop-makers >> >> Apple does relatively well, across a study of 30,000 laptop warranty >> events. > >I'm a bit dubious about the statistics presented here. To start with, >the three-year failure rates ("projection") are entirely made-up; they >don't have that data, so they just multiplied the two-year rates by >1.5, on the assumption that the attrition rate is the same each year. >That's very dubious. Yes, I only paid attention to the two-year figures. > Even more so is the fact that they don't give any >confidence limits, so the differences shown between the brands may not >be significant at all... Yer. They had 30,000 data points, and counted them (for the two year bars). Numbers are thereby absolute, no error bars or confidence limits. Extrapolation to a wider population is not performed, and I'm discarding their daft idea of three years so I don't worry about their statistical basis! Cheers - Jaimie -- "I clipped your toenails while you slept. So I could make them part of my COLLECTION." -- Pintsize, questionable content #730
From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Apr 2010 22:15 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Never heard of anyone needing suckers to get into Macs, I haven't. > > > > The aluminium intel iMacs need suckers to pull the screen off, which is > > how you get into them. > > Actually the protective glass plate in front of the screen, Ah! Righto. And I'm using one such Mac now. Rowland. (wondering what the other methods might be, and how much damage they're likely to cause) -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: J. J. Lodder on 27 Apr 2010 03:11 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > Never heard of anyone needing suckers to get into Macs, I haven't. > > > > > > The aluminium intel iMacs need suckers to pull the screen off, which is > > > how you get into them. > > > > Actually the protective glass plate in front of the screen, > > Ah! > > Righto. > > And I'm using one such Mac now. > > Rowland. > (wondering what the other methods might be, and how much damage they're > likely to cause) Be -very- sure to work cleanly, if you ever have to open it. Dust specks on the inside of the glass, or on the panel can be -very- annoying, Jan
From: Rowland McDonnell on 27 Apr 2010 11:53 J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > > > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Never heard of anyone needing suckers to get into Macs, I haven't. > > > > > > > > The aluminium intel iMacs need suckers to pull the screen off, which is > > > > how you get into them. > > > > > > Actually the protective glass plate in front of the screen, > > > > Ah! > > > > Righto. > > > > And I'm using one such Mac now. > > > > Rowland. > > (wondering what the other methods might be, and how much damage they're > > likely to cause) > > Be -very- sure to work cleanly, if you ever have to open it. > Dust specks on the inside of the glass, or on the panel > can be -very- annoying, Ta for the tip. I fit these to my visors: <http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=ymS &rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&q=fog+shield+city&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=6gTXS 6vSG43-0gTb9eGGCA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CB wQrQQwAg&output=nojs> (ye gods - fog shield city is the search term) I've met the problem... It's an odd one, though - a tiny speck is bloody annoying when you think your visor's going to be clean, but on long journeys, I've been know to carry on until my visor's been almost entirely black with a few gaps for vision. Okay, I only did that the once, but I was quite surprised to see just how much insect life I'd picked up. Some of 'em looked quite exotic[1]. Then again, a straightish country A road at night is not hard to navigate safely. Then again, I made a mental note not to let it get that bad ever again, but it only took 40-odd miles to end up nearly completely blind for heaven's sake! Still, stop and clean off, that's the thing to do. Rowland. [1] Splatted insects and the curving airflow means that when the layer gets thick and the insects get big, quite a lot of the structure survives. Some of 'em were even still wriggling a bit when I stopped to clean my view of the world and - well, I wish I'd got to see them properly alive, some of them, quite astonishing forms of flying beastie. *And* that was during a year in which I kept hearing that the UK insect population was fallling problematically and getting less diverse. Well, that's the Welsh border for you - lots of different living things all over the place. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 27 Apr 2010 18:07
Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > A moist rubber sucker on a three-inch stick sounds > like just what you need. Fnarr. Although, at three inches, probably a disappointed fnarr. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |