44 lines
2.6 KiB
Plaintext
44 lines
2.6 KiB
Plaintext
|
||
An Apple //GS Annoyance
|
||
|
||
Here is a little dismayig problem that has virtually made me loose
|
||
all respect n Apple all together.
|
||
I just recently purchased my Apple //gs system with the works, including
|
||
that nice $10 muffin fan Apple sells for $50. After playing around with my
|
||
//GS for a day or two, I decided to plug a pair of headphones into the
|
||
headphone jack to hear what it sounds like. As soon as I plugged the
|
||
headphones in I noticed this terribly loud electrical hum coming through the
|
||
headhones, I pay much attention to this, thinking that it was the way it was
|
||
supposed to be.
|
||
Last week, I bought the MD-Ideas Supersonic stereo card and promptly
|
||
hooked it up to my stereo system. Here's where the problems start. I thought
|
||
that the stereo card would solve the hum problem, but no such luck, the hum
|
||
was even louder and more annoying as ever. I promptly called up MD-Ideas, and
|
||
they told me that the problem was caused by the //gs fan, that is why their
|
||
fan sits on the outside of the //gs and runs on its own power supply. Then, I
|
||
proceeded to call up my Apple Dealer (B.C. Communications in Huntington L.I.)
|
||
and the owner told me that, "Oh, I have encountered this problem before, that
|
||
is why Apple doesn't make an amplifier for the //gs".
|
||
Well, I hardly took this explaination seriously and called up Apple
|
||
Customer Relations in C.A., they put me in touch with their technical support
|
||
line, and I got an answer...Here it is: "We can't do anything about it, they
|
||
all have this problem, we suggest that you unhook the fan and leave the cover
|
||
off the machine". I told them that unhooking the fan would void my warranty
|
||
since I have more than 3 peripheral cards plugged in, they responded with an
|
||
"We know it voids the warranty but nothing can be done."
|
||
It can hardly be beleived that Apple would put out an overpriced product
|
||
that works halfway and not be willing to fix it or at least offer our money
|
||
back. If we use it with the fan hooked up, we can't fully enjoy our machines,
|
||
if we use it without the fan, we void the warranty and risk having to pay
|
||
Apple's overpriced repair bills. Please protest the bit of shamefull behavior
|
||
and DON'T buy the //GS fan from Apple, and if you allready have, demand a fix
|
||
or your money back!
|
||
After all, the "S" in "Apple IIGS" stands for sound doesn't it? Or
|
||
maybe to Apple the "S" stands for swindle...
|
||
|
||
PLEASE IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ANY ONLINE BOARD WHERE THERE
|
||
ARE APPLE USERS (ESPECIALLY COMPUSERVE, THE SOURCE AND GENIE), UPLOAD THIS
|
||
FILE.PPLE USERS (ESPECIALLY COMPUSERVE, THE SOURCE AND GENIE), UPLOAD THIS
|
||
|
||
|
||
(> |