If the LC630 had been released in place of the LC475, we'd have thought it was wonderful. As it was, it was only ever going to be the "cheap" Mac, not the "good" Mac.
The main things that give me bad memories re the LC630 are:
a) Same case as those awful, slow, clunky 603e PowerMac 6200 machines with the buggy logic board that caused intermittent crashes. Apple kept blaming this on user software. As a techo with a reseller, I was caught between rightly aggrieved users and and unmoving and uncaring manufacturer. Eventually, Apple were dragged kicking and screaming into admitting that there was a hardware fault and replacing the 6200 and 6300 logic boards under warranty. Bad memories.
B) The sticking volume up/down buttons. Yes, Apple released a new nose cone to fix this (at no charge) and yes, a bit of work with a scalpel soon fixed it if you came across a machine in the field. The problem is that it left an impression of poor build quality.
The main things that give me bad memories re the LC630 are:
a) Same case as those awful, slow, clunky 603e PowerMac 6200 machines with the buggy logic board that caused intermittent crashes. Apple kept blaming this on user software. As a techo with a reseller, I was caught between rightly aggrieved users and and unmoving and uncaring manufacturer. Eventually, Apple were dragged kicking and screaming into admitting that there was a hardware fault and replacing the 6200 and 6300 logic boards under warranty. Bad memories.
B) The sticking volume up/down buttons. Yes, Apple released a new nose cone to fix this (at no charge) and yes, a bit of work with a scalpel soon fixed it if you came across a machine in the field. The problem is that it left an impression of poor build quality.