Quothe Glen Goodwin, from writings of Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:39:24PM -0400:
> Complete "systems" are available for about $399. They become "obsolete"
> after about a year. Why should Joe Consumer take the time and trouble to
> learn how to repair one?
Because it's less wasteful. Perhaps the problem is plentiful and
inexpensive PCs for foolish and wasteful throwaway societies. If the
idiots running computer companies would start charging several
thousand dollars for them again, design them to be more repairable and
upgradeable with less waste, then more would end up being repaired.
If schematics, theories of operation, commented firmware sources,
etc. were easily obtainable, more proper repairs would be made as
well. More parts need to be re-used instead of dumped into landfills;
repairing rather than replacing would help with this problem.
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