>> Sam wrote: >> I have a friend that paid over $3k for one of those stupid books. The >> battery wouldn't charge so he sent it to Mac. They told him his HD was >> hosed and it would cost him $1500 to recover the data. > >Sounds fishy, here's why: > >My iBook, bought at MacMall, was in service numerous times over 4 >years and was always covered "by warranty" even when my warranty had >run out after 1 year. I had a display go out and the motherboard >replaced in years 2 and 3 respectively, plus a few other minor issues. > (I had one of the first G4s with a known video issue) > >Each time the guy warned me about data loss in service and said it'd >cost $50 to back up my drive, but since I'd already done that, I >always declined. (I never lost any data and the turn around time was >always 5 days or less. Each time they would "refurbish" the entire >machine! Replace bumpers, clean, replaced the keyboard once, replaced >the glide pad once, etc.
Same here. Right now I'm using my old G3 iBook at a local coffee shop. I've had to send it in twice for video problems but that was it. The apple service has always been very good. BTW I'm also running CFEclipse, CFMX 7.02 and MySQL on it without any problems (OK CF is a bit slow but that's about it). This machine has been a very good workhorse. larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
