Author: John Warfield
Date: 03:41:03 01/01/00
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On December 31, 1999 at 22:55:48, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >> >> >> I had the saffire 1 about four years ago, I paid 189.00 for it. Although I had >>absolutely no complaints about the strength and playing style of the thing, I >>thought it was made rather delicately and very cheap. It lasted me about three >>months before it literally fell apart. Save your money! It's way too fragile. > > > >John, > >You may be one of those people whose bioplasm is hostile to machines.(Just >Joking--or am I?) > >My wife has computers and car electronics fritz on her and I tell her that "You >don't know how to treat a lady." This infuriates her and she thinks I am being >a smart ass. > > >I had a Novag Sapphire I and sold it to one of my doctor friends who still has >it after four years and in perfect working order. So I do not think that it is >always the machines fault. I do agree with you that the machines are fragile >and I have had a number of stand-alone units just stop working after two years. > >The same thing happens to notebook computers. Screens crap out or keys stick or >the unit overheats. Portability has a price and it is called diminished >reliability. > >Tim Frohlick Well Tim I would like to think that I am as Careful as yourself, especially with my chess computers. I was like a little Child on Christmas when I first recieved the saffire after having used the weak radio shack 2150 for several years, this radio shack unit although weak is made very well, I had had it for three years with absolutely no problems, still i was very happy to recieve the saphire and extremely satisfied with the strength of it's play, it was just the durability issue that was the problem, and it seemed very hard on batteries. I am not the only one who had this problem several of my friends were also dissatisfied with the unit for the same reasons. Perhaps you did not use your unit as often as myself? I played it alot. But simply using the unit should not have caused it to fall apart so quickly. Another thing is that the imput simply failed to respond, I had never spilled anything on it, but I had this erratic behavior from it. Do you have saphire I or II? Perhaps if you have II they improved it and made it more durable, or I could have had a defective unit from the start.
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