jenkins@ucla-cs.UUCP (11/06/85)
I have just recently bought a Mac and would like to know if anyone can answer these questions. 1) What does BinHex do (binary-to-Hex?) and where can I obtain a copy? 2) What do people think of AppleCare? Is it necessary? are the technicians reliable? If so, where (Santa Monica Area)? 3) Finally, is there any way of reviewing past postings to net.sources.mac since I missed the earlier ones? Thanks in advance, Gary Jenkins <jenkins>@UCLA-CS
al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) (11/08/85)
> 2) What do people think of AppleCare? Is it necessary? > are the technicians reliable? If so, where (Santa Monica Area)? > I like AppleCare a lot. For two reasons. 1. It's very inexpensive insurance. 2. As anyone knows, if you have a maintenance contract (such as Applecare) your machine will never break. Therefor, for $150 a year you can guarentee no problems!
dws@tolerant.UUCP (Dave W. Smith) (11/10/85)
In article <1250@ames.UUCP> al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) writes: >> 2) What do people think of AppleCare? Is it necessary? > >2. As anyone knows, if you have a maintenance contract (such as Applecare) >your machine will never break. Therefor, for $150 a year you can guarentee >no problems! I've had AppleCare AND a broken Mac. Having had the maintenance contract has saved me many $s. I'm on my second mouse, second external drive, and third keyboard, and all it's cost me has been a few trips to my dealer (and a few disks that the external drive ate on its way out). In addition to AppleCare, you might want to consider fire/theft insurance. -- David W. Smith {nsc,ucbvax}!tolerant!dws Tolerant Systems, Inc. 408/946-5667 [Standard Disclaimer]
db@cbosgd.UUCP (J. Muir) (11/12/85)
In article <1250@ames.UUCP> al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) writes: >> 2) What do people think of AppleCare? Is it necessary? >> are the technicians reliable? If so, where (Santa Monica Area)? >> >I like AppleCare a lot. For two reasons. > >1. It's very inexpensive insurance. > >2. As anyone knows, if you have a maintenance contract (such as Applecare) >your machine will never break. Therefor, for $150 a year you can guarentee >no problems! Yes, but $150 only covers the basic machine. By the time you add in an external disk drive and Imagewriter, the price is more like $260 (what I paid for it). While a bit high, this may still be cheaper than forking out cash for blown analog or digital boards (especially when labor gets added in). Dave Bursik/..cbosgd!db
bhyde@inmet.UUCP (11/13/85)
Advice to new users... if your in a urban setting find the local Mac User's group. This is the very most efficent way to lay your hands on all the public domain software. If your time is worth 2cents it is faster to go to a meeting and spend the few bucks to buy the disks full of public domain/shareware software. If you don't live in an urban area then you might consider the Boston Computer Society as a default awnser. They have a well run library of public domain software disks, a nice news letter with real reviews in it.