A big problem I had when I bought my last Windows laptop, from Best
Buy as it turned out: Best Buy would honor the warrantee, but they
would not fix the thing locally. I was told, by three differet
store
chains in as many US states, that getting my laptop fixed would
require a minimum of three weeks without it while it was shipped
off,
repaired, and returned. For various reasons, I decided this was
not
worth the trouble. All I really needed was a CPU fan replaced
and two
audio jacks replaced or fixed.
Does anyone here know how hard it is to get in-store, or at least
in-town service done on a MacBook? I'm toying with the idea of
making
my next laptop a Mac and using Fusion to run all Windows stuff.
For
those who don't know, I'm a JAWS scripter by profession, so there
would e a lot of VM activity there; but I like the Mac platform,
having lived for some 23 years in Unix.
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 09:22:08AM -0900, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Cara, In addition, Apple Care warranties usually are more stable
than
those of Windows and their computer manufacturers. For example,
the
Alaska Mac Store will honor all warranties from Best Buy,
provided the
customer shows proof of purchase and/or if our Best Buiy store
contacts us with regard to said customer. Unfortunately we are not
listed in the Apple registry, but that may change, when the new Mac
store opens in south Anchorage some time in February or March. I
don't know what the Best Buy chain has as far as agreements with
Apple
are concerned, but there are some drawbacks. I don't know what the
Best Buy's policy is with respect to warranties and Apple Care,
but if
the warranty is limited, our store will work out something with our
local Best Buy store, since we have a little more flexibility than
other resellers. That, boo, may change, when we come online next
year
with our new store. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage,Alaska.
On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Hi Will, whilst on the surface, this may look like a good deal,
I'll bring up a few points below you might consider. Also, you
didn't mention the processor speed??
? Vista needs more memory to run well, than does Leopard, so the
memory issue may be a moot point in regard to actual system
performance.
? Apple hardware / built-in software is completely integrated I.E.
it's designed / chosen to work together within the system as a
whole
as part of the design of the physical system itself. In other
words, everything is assured to work well together when you buy
the
system because it was specifically designed to do this by Apple.
It's not like a Windows set-up where a manufacturer adds their own
bundles of drivers and such to a -one-size-fits-all OS.
? As I'd addressed above, the time / effort you may spend in
dealing
with misbehaving software or driver issues on a Windows machine as
compared with the relative ease-of-use on a Mac can be a huge
factor.
? the quality of Mac hardware tends to be better than that of
similarly priced Windows systems, at least at the moment??
? lastly, the cost of a screen reader as compared to VO on the
Mac.
The above are just my thoughts, of course? Whatever you choose, I
sure wish you the very best!?
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Will Lomas wrote:
hi i noted that whilst i love the mac for the price i paid,
windows laptops give you more value for money
For the price i paid for this macboo with 2.4 ghz core 2 duo 2
gigs
ram and 160 gb hard disk, my step dad now has a windows vista
system 4 gigs ram and 320 gb hard disk
interested to read what people think
regards will
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