15 Dec
2011
15 Dec
'11
7:12 a.m.
On 12/14/2011 08:29 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
I've "field repaired" at least five
units in this way, giving them a
happy rebirth - The rest of the monitor lasts a lot longer than the
stupid capacitors do. Building in obsolescence like this should be a
crime that puts people behind bars.
If they had successfully built in obsolescence, then all the parts would fail at the same
time.
The US big 3 automakers to their credit did a pretty good job with this for a long time.
Yeah, cars in crashes still had good parts to pick over in a junkyard, but by the end of a
cars natural life there really wasn't an awful lot left to pick over.
Not that I'd wish a 1974 Dodge Monaco on just anyone :-)
Tim.