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Apple Issues Power Supply Exchange
mpath_lamp writes "Today Apple issued an exchange program for all owners of the Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac G4. It's meant to resolve the incredibly loud fan noise in the current power supplies of Power Mac models that began to ship in August 2002. The program requires a $20 shipping charge and the return of the old power supply. Apple will begin shipping the kits on March 10 in limited quantities and the kit consists of a 360-watt power supply, system fan, allen key, and installation instructions. A big thank you can be directed to the guys over at G4noise.com for the continuous support in trying to get an official response from Apple."
Can you think of another computer maker who could say the same?
Perhaps some of the UNIX workstation vendors. For example, none of them really release products with lots of fanfare...the people who need to know will know. For example, only the really big-deal stuff, such as some of flag-ship Sun Fire servers or StarOffice get tons of press out of Sun. Other product releases, such as the Blade 150 seemed to simply happen with just a blurb at their web site. Yet it didn't seem to take long for lots of people to know all about the Blade 150 and its strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps I'm incorrect; this is just my take on it.
Healthcare article at Kuro5hin
Apple is getting cheap?
Looks like, for $20, they're going to send me a new power supply to fix a problem that really didn't affect the performance of the box in the first place and that 20 includes the shipping of the new one to oyu and the old one back to them?
I got no complaints.