Apple has discontinued support for certain technologically obsolete and vintage products.
Vintage products are those that were discontinued more than five and less than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued hardware service for vintage products with the following exception:
Products purchased in the state of California, United States, as required by statute. Owners of these products may obtain service and parts from Apple Service Providers within the state of California, United States.
Obsolete products are those that were discontinued more than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued all hardware service for obsolete products with no exceptions. Service providers cannot order parts for obsolete products.
All retail Apple Stores and the Canadian, European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific operating regions follow the U.S. product list, but make no distinction between vintage and obsolete. When applied to the retail Apple Stores and these regions, all products on the list are considered obsolete.
And despite what the article says, I've ordered vintage and even the occasional obsolete part with no probems or questions, outside of California. It just seems that as long as they have the part, you'll be able to get it.
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Wouldn't reading before bed be just as interactive as surfing the internet or playing a game?
Not Safari. At least version 2.0 looks awful. Mozilla 1.8a4 for OSX looked much closer, but still not exactly right.
I'd be interested to see which browsers do pass this test
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Apple has discontinued support for certain technologically obsolete and vintage products.
Vintage products are those that were discontinued more than five and less than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued hardware service for vintage products with the following exception:
Products purchased in the state of California, United States, as required by statute. Owners of these products may obtain service and parts from Apple Service Providers within the state of California, United States.
Obsolete products are those that were discontinued more than seven years ago. Apple has discontinued all hardware service for obsolete products with no exceptions. Service providers cannot order parts for obsolete products.
All retail Apple Stores and the Canadian, European, Latin American and Asia-Pacific operating regions follow the U.S. product list, but make no distinction between vintage and obsolete. When applied to the retail Apple Stores and these regions, all products on the list are considered obsolete.
From http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=11
And despite what the article says, I've ordered vintage and even the occasional obsolete part with no probems or questions, outside of California. It just seems that as long as they have the part, you'll be able to get it.