A long time ago (pre Intel days tho) I had a medical university as a client with a very expensive lab instrument that ran on an Apple Performa.
When I say expensive, the original MSRP was in excess of 10 million dollars.
Well the Performa, simply due to age, broke down. The university came to me, a PC guy, and asked if I could repair it, and handed me a *blank* check (meaning, money is no object)
Not being a Mac guy, I called up Apple. They just laughed at me. I explained the need for repair at any cost, and t
The thing about old PCs vs old Macs, though, is that it's really easy to find parts for PCs, no matter how old they are. If you can't buy a part directly from Newegg or Amazon, then eBay will have it. For next-to-nothing.
For old Apple stuff, parts were never really sold individually. So, like this guy did, you end up having to hunt down an old computer and hope that you can scavenge working parts from it. Obviously eBay sellers will sometimes have old Apple parts for sale, but ther
The thing about old PCs vs old Macs, though, is that it's really easy to find parts for PCs, no matter how old they are. If you can't buy a part directly from Newegg or Amazon, then eBay will have it. For next-to-nothing.
For old Apple stuff, parts were never really sold individually. So, like this guy did, you end up having to hunt down an old computer and hope that you can scavenge working parts from it. Obviously eBay sellers will sometimes have old Apple parts for sale, but there isn't that much of it.
Really?
Find me some PS/2 MCA stuff without going to eBay or other junk dealers. I'll wait.
A story for you on Apple and old tech (Score:5, Interesting)
A long time ago (pre Intel days tho) I had a medical university as a client with a very expensive lab instrument that ran on an Apple Performa.
When I say expensive, the original MSRP was in excess of 10 million dollars.
Well the Performa, simply due to age, broke down. The university came to me, a PC guy, and asked if I could repair it, and handed me a *blank* check (meaning, money is no object)
Not being a Mac guy, I called up Apple. They just laughed at me. I explained the need for repair at any cost, and t
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HP or Dell would tell you the exact same thing if you asked them to repair a decade old PC. The fact that it's Apple has no bearing on your argument.
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Yeah, I pretty-much agree.
The thing about old PCs vs old Macs, though, is that it's really easy to find parts for PCs, no matter how old they are. If you can't buy a part directly from Newegg or Amazon, then eBay will have it. For next-to-nothing.
For old Apple stuff, parts were never really sold individually. So, like this guy did, you end up having to hunt down an old computer and hope that you can scavenge working parts from it. Obviously eBay sellers will sometimes have old Apple parts for sale, but ther
Re:A story for you on Apple and old tech (Score:2)
Yeah, I pretty-much agree.
The thing about old PCs vs old Macs, though, is that it's really easy to find parts for PCs, no matter how old they are. If you can't buy a part directly from Newegg or Amazon, then eBay will have it. For next-to-nothing.
For old Apple stuff, parts were never really sold individually. So, like this guy did, you end up having to hunt down an old computer and hope that you can scavenge working parts from it. Obviously eBay sellers will sometimes have old Apple parts for sale, but there isn't that much of it.
Really?
Find me some PS/2 MCA stuff without going to eBay or other junk dealers. I'll wait.
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That stuff is getting scarce, but IBM's (admittedly not very user friendly) maintenance site still lists parts for the PS/2.
1.44MB floppy drive:
https://www-store.shop.ibm.com... [ibm.com]
CMOS Battery:
https://www-store.shop.ibm.com... [ibm.com]
Hard drives:
https://www-store.shop.ibm.com... [ibm.com]
https://www-store.shop.ibm.com... [ibm.com]
You can add it to your cart and proceed with checkout. I have no idea what would happen if you actually tried to order that stuff.