The only one I'm familiar with is Apple Care. You can purchase it up
to one year after you initially purchased your machine. You get
several benefits such as a total of 3 years coverage on the machine
and also phone support. Believe me, it is well worth the expense and
I'd encourage you to give consideration to purchasing it. I can say I
didn't regret buying it for the other Macs in the house, but I do
regret not buying it for my Imac. Its little money in the end for what
you get. A cheap investment I would say.
Scott
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On Sep 8, 2007, at 2:16 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
I think that Apple has a few and I was wondering how they work, what
they cover and how long I have to purchase them?
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What do you need explained, the warranty?
Scott
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On Sep 8, 2007, at 11:16 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Speaking of warranties can someone explain them in detail to me?
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Actually that's not that bad for the labor charge and that's
about right for the ram if its Apple ram. You can use third-party
ram, but if you get the Apple Care, it wouldn't cover it, the
ram that is, under the warranty. Let me say that the Apple Care
is well worth the money. The DVD drive on my Imac crapped out
and it would cost me about $350 to replace, but being I
neglected to get the damned Apple Care from the start and I
wasted a year forgetting, I didn't get it and now I have a
busted DVD drive and no plans to replace it. I guess if I get
the guts up to take this sucker apart, I'll buy a third-party
drive and replace it, but hell, at 1/3 the cost, might as well
get myself a new Mac. Keep this one and use it as a test box or
just of course get an external drive which I'll probably do. My
wife has had her G5 and we also have a Mini and neither has
given us any problems. I think my machine was just one of those
built on a Monday or something. grin I was lucky and got the
main board replace just before the warranty ran out, so this one
has some history.
Luckily, this isn't normal for Apple.
Scott
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On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:19 PM, John Heim wrote:
Yeah, I went and took a look at a Mac Mini yesterday at the
computer store at the University of Wisconsin. They said there
would be a $35 charge to put an extra gig of ram in a Mac Mini.
$90 for the RAM itself.
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You can in fact upgrade the ram in a Mini. It just has to be
done by someone who knows what the hell their doing. I
obtained a url to a site that explains upgrading some of the
Macs and let me tell you, I got a distinct tighten in a
certain orifice just reading the descriptions. Its not
something you'd take lightly cause there's a lot of stuff you
can surely screw up in these machines. This is the price for
packing it all in as tight as they do.
Scott
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On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:10 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ok, well there's a big problem with the Mac Mini in my view,
once you choose the configuration you want then you cannot
change it because the unit is sealed. For example, suppose
you order a Mac Mini with 512 meg of Ram then that's what
you've got and that's the end. I myself would go for an Imac
or if you're looking for something portable, a Macbook.
I just purchased an Imac, I didn't buy the new model I bought
the slightly older one and I got a good deal, I'll be
upgrading memory shortly.
I have a Mac Mini and its prime job these days is an audio
recorder, soon to become video recorder if my research and
homework pay off <smile>.
On 05/09/2007, at 4:02 PM, Jed Barton wrote:
Hey guys,
Alright, it's time to make the plunge. Any ideas for a
starter mac, that
can do the following.
As long as I can do email, web surfing, and some audio
editing, I'm happy.
As long as voiceover doesn't burp every time you hit a key.
Graphics aren't
my thing obviously. I've heard a lot about the mac minny.
Any thoughts? I think a desktop or something along those
lines would be the
way to go.
Any thoughts?
Sincerest Regards,
Jed
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