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> The Apple Computer Company hereby warrants each of its products, and all components therein contained, to be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship
by fnord77 4y ago
> The Apple Computer Company hereby warrants each of its products, and all components therein contained, to be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship for a period of thirty (30) days f r o m date of purchase.
stingy warranty!
- thoughtsimple 4y agoThe company was two guys soldering in a garage.
- kensai 4y agoI pretty doubt Steve was doing any soldering. He was the marketing guy. And of course his parents were putting the garage.
- nsxwolf 4y agoWoz later claimed that story is a myth and that most of the soldering happened elsewhere, though he never gave any specifics as to where it was done.
- duskwuff 4y agoAnd the product they were selling was a bare (well, populated, but not enclosed) PCB which the user was expected to wire up to power, a keyboard, and a monitor themselves. Long-term reliability was more the responsibility of the owner than the manufacturer.
- gnu8 4y agoAll that means is it’s not broken when you get it. The 30 day window is a reasonable interval for the purchaser to have time to check it out.