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You're arguing that cleaning staff are so wholly incompetent that they can't follow basic rules like "don't touch the monitors"? That's obviously not reality. E

You're arguing that cleaning staff are so wholly incompetent that they can't follow basic rules like "don't touch the monitors"? That's obviously not reality. Even at my small software company, the cleaning staff don't touch any of the electronics. If a computer is shelling out $5k/display they're going to cover this with the cleaning staff.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
It only takes one. Anecdote: Our state capitol dome was being renovated. Involved slowly sanding off 150 years of accumulated lead paint with respirators. Tedious, hot, cramped work. They were told under no circumstances to use a torch (the usual way of removing layers of heavy paint) to melt the accumulation off. Because of very dry wood etc, it was a fire hazard. During lunch break, one new guy thought that was silly, got a torch, went back up to try it and prove to everybody it was really the best way. Of course, the wood heated up, the shredded-cellulite insulation inside the wall caught fire. We lost the entire capitol dome to the resulting conflagration. (The well-meaning worker survived). So, even intelligent creative people (especially so maybe) can do dumb things. Because they think they know better.
- derision 7y ago
  Then you make the cleaning company reimburse the cost of the monitor. This isn't rocket science
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  So what is the solution? Presumably, Apple didn't use this fragile coating just for the heck of it. They chose this coating because it was the only way to make this monitor to perform in the way they wanted. Should Apple have just made a worse monitor because the coating is fragile? (BTW, we don't know what will actually happen if the screen is cleaned improperly. The monitor won't necessarily become an instant piece of junk.)
  - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
    I would call a fragile piece of office equipment, disguised as an ordinary similar thing (looks much like a regular monitor) an "attractive nuisance". Unless I could secure such special monitors, I wouldn't even put one out in the general population.
    - derision 7y ago
      The mac displays look distinguishably different than a typical monitor
      - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
        ...to a computer professional?
diffeomorphism 7y ago
I am arguing that "do clean all the monitors except the ones with the Apple logo" reflects badly on Apple. Of course you can work around that problem, but that does not mean it is not a problem.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

It only takes one. Anecdote: Our state capitol dome was being renovated. Involved slowly sanding off 150 years of accumulated lead paint with respirators. Tedious, hot, cramped work. They were told under no circumstances to use a torch (the usual way of removing layers of heavy paint) to melt the accumulation off. Because of very dry wood etc, it was a fire hazard. During lunch break, one new guy thought that was silly, got a torch, went back up to try it and prove to everybody it was really the best way. Of course, the wood heated up, the shredded-cellulite insulation inside the wall caught fire. We lost the entire capitol dome to the resulting conflagration. (The well-meaning worker survived). So, even intelligent creative people (especially so maybe) can do dumb things. Because they think they know better.

derision 7y ago
Then you make the cleaning company reimburse the cost of the monitor. This isn't rocket science
Wowfunhappy 7y ago
So what is the solution? Presumably, Apple didn't use this fragile coating just for the heck of it. They chose this coating because it was the only way to make this monitor to perform in the way they wanted. Should Apple have just made a worse monitor because the coating is fragile? (BTW, we don't know what will actually happen if the screen is cleaned improperly. The monitor won't necessarily become an instant piece of junk.)
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  I would call a fragile piece of office equipment, disguised as an ordinary similar thing (looks much like a regular monitor) an "attractive nuisance". Unless I could secure such special monitors, I wouldn't even put one out in the general population.
  - derision 7y ago
    The mac displays look distinguishably different than a typical monitor
    - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
      ...to a computer professional?

diffeomorphism 7y ago

I am arguing that "do clean all the monitors except the ones with the Apple logo" reflects badly on Apple. Of course you can work around that problem, but that does not mean it is not a problem.