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Izzy, read the letters.

Apple is claiming that the computers are a "Biohazard" and was refusing to even work on them. If smoking does void the Apple warranty it needs to be spelled out in the terms. I still say they should go to any certified repair center and have the work done. They will be more than happy to do the work and bill Apple.

This is more irrational panic since OSHA also list isopropyl alcohol as a dangerous substance and, last I checked, employees use it daily for screen cleaning. The excuse also does not withstand scrutiny since many parts of your typical computer pose a risk under OSHA. Glass, heavy items, batteries filled with toxic and dangerous if mishandled and more... all without so much as a peep of danger.

Even the whole "second hand smoke" was not based on good science. The only people statistically at risk are spouses and no law protects them.

I'm sorry but Apple must honor the warranty. The fact that the computers smelled or was used around smokers is not a valid reason to void the warranty.

They should take their computers to any certified Apple repair center that will be happy to repair the system and bill Apple for the warranty work.

@chancekang

That's what has been said of *EVERY* Maemo device to date. It's got so much promise, but the firmware always seems a day late and a dollar short ( assuming it doesn't break something outright.. hello, browser hot-keys I'm looking at you ).

@sfschier

No, internet is not an issue. I was on a dual homed OC3 and everything else was fine. Slowless does not explain how MobileMe managed to mangle my Address book almost beyond recognition requiring a resync from a clean source. Also leaving the Calendar page up for 5 minutes without a response from the site counts as slow.

As of now, on a different internet connection, Calendars are still not working on me.com and still not syncing with my iPhone. Switching between views shows a skeleton of my calendar that is hardly complete or up-to-date.

Tried different internet connection and different browsers, is there any other diagnostics you want me to run before I can claim that MobileMe is screwed today?

Oh, and I just checked a calendar event added earlier today... not on my iPhone despite push. I would check the website, but it's just spinning on "Loading Events"

FAIL

Contacts on me.com and on iPhone were garbage. Duplicated or triplicated ( and some were mix and match from other contacts! ). Went to the System Preferences and repushed up my contacts and all is well again ( for now ).

It's bad but at least the copy on my MBP was clean. Shame on you Apple.

Thanks for the correction. It's better, but the Revo still seems like the better "deal", but the ASRock is at a non-insignificant amount cheaper than the Mac Mini, Dell, or other pre-fab solutions.

Newegg has the barebones w/DVD drive for $350. You still need to add RAM $50 and HD $50 at a minimum, so a starter system really is more like $450. A little on the pricey side considering you can get a much more powerful system for a little more, including OS. Mac Mini's are equipped with a not so shabby C2D with 3mb of cache, more than enough to push almost anything including full HD flash. There are several Dell's as well that would be similarly equipped and small.

For the price the Acer AspireRevo seem like a much better value for this segment, at as little as $200 for a atom+ION box.