Re: [libreplanet-discuss] How do you get a new desktop computer fitting FSF LibrePlanet principles?...

[Thomas Harding]

Le 10 octobre 2017 02:34:46 GMT+02:00, Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org> a écrit :
>Good qualities of the sale transactions are important for consumers at
>a) what store/dealer you choose to get your respects your freedom
>ryf new desktop computer from
>
>and b) how well the ryf store/dealer is available after sale.
>
>
>Compare, for example
>https://www.apple.com/support/products/mac.html
>

Actually a computer "obsoletes" after 5 years (proprietary software), and there 
is no way to refurbish a "Mac".

Don't know if $300 which extends warranty includes failures only (from 1 to 3 
years, so that's 2 year extension compared to sale amount), or any damage 
(including fall from Empire State Building summit).

For a desktop computer, other damages than failure rarely arises.

So, RFY computer comes with standard parts (or parts coming from a large 
production, such as processor), and [documented] reproductibles modifications.

If vendor or dealer fails, you can repair the computer elsewhere. Moreover it 
can be refurbished in order to extends its life.

In France, dealer stores a large amount of parts or each to satisfy the 2 years 
legal warranty (on failures).

What warranty extension never offers in France (generally for 1/3 of each 
value, which is statistically a mad) is data recovery. That would be 
interesting for something as sealed parts builded as a Mac.