On Sep 14, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote:
if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you
could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the
drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then.
About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do
that--that I was stuck with the drive I originally bought with my
PowerBook (Ti G4 667 rev. 2). This struck me as draconian, but
there didn't seem anything I could do about it. (Now that the
computer is out of warranty I am planning on replacing the drive.)
That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the
drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd.
I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act.
That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate
a car warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is
installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with
problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the
shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer
won't cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under
warranty.
One problem is that changing a hard drive on an iBook involves
taking apart most of the laptop.
If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified
technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my
powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that
involved taking a good portion of my 17" PB apart I'm sure. I can
understand voiding applecare if I replace the drive, but not if an
authorized service center does it for me. I wonder if the same holds
true if you were to buy your hard drive from Apple? My guess is
probably not.
Steve
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