Thread: Apple Refuses to Fix Smokers' Computers

Yes, cigarette smoke can make you dizzy!

All righty then, have a good night and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!)

Originally Posted by omon

dust, that is what clogs fans, and causes overheat.
you know what else causes computers to fail, cheap, crappy parts, that manufacturers use more and more. also assembly by ppl that have shit for brain.

You do realize that tar is one of the products in cigarette smoke. Tar is the sticky substance that dust particles can cling to and removal of dust would be far more difficult than with out the tar. Therefore cigarette smoke would accelerate the overheating of a computer and making the life span shorter.

Now in the nine years I have had my MAC I have only had to do two things to it. Add ram the first month and last year put in a new power supply. That is it. By your definition my computer must have been built using very good parts and by people who knew what they were doing.

Originally Posted by bonehead

Now in the nine years I have had my MAC I have only had to do two things to it. Add ram the first month and last year put in a new power supply. That is it. By your definition my computer must have been built using very good parts and by people who knew what they were doing.

Then again, I've been using both Mac and PC well over a decade all the while blowing smoke into them and I've never had a problem with them, while my co-worker, who never touched a cigarette in his life always seem to have problems with his computer.

There's too many variables here.

I'll go along that smoke can be one of the contributing factors to computer malfunction. But then, why are only smokers computer's warranties voided and not some guy that works at a job site where he has to wipe the dust off his monitor every morning before he starts his work?

Hey, if Mac wants to void warranties of smokers, that's fine...it is a free country after all. But I don't see them saying it up-front to potential customers, smokers or not.

Dale was right, I love their products but this is a gay-assed move on their part.

I was thinking of picking up a Mac for my home to supplement the one at work but...I guess I'll just buy a new PC.

And you begin to wonder why they can't make a dent into the PC market.

Originally Posted by texasjohn

I will personally mail you a fine cuban when that happens!!)

You can mail me one right now. I do definitely enjoy a fine cigar occasionally. I meant smoking cigarettes.

-dale

Also, the story claimed the refusal was not because of warranty violation, but because of danger to repair techs. I defy the entire planet to find one shred of evidence that short of actually choking on a part from a smoker's laptop, that any amount of harm could come to such a technician from contact.

Hell, I've done more damage to myself just slicing open hands and fingers on the edges of those green cards than you could ever make up coming off of ciggy residue. It's just silly. And gay-assed.

-dale