Dunno, but I can vouch for the fact that they did it for him. I saw the new MacBook Pro on his last visit here.
Seeing and playing with his is why I bought my first Unibody MacBook Pro.. -- JRS [email protected] Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. On Dec 9, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: > At 05:26 PM 09/12/2011, John Steinbruner wrote: > >> My cousin: >> Pro photographer, used his MacBook G4 everyday for 3 years when the video >> suddenly went out. >> >> Long out of warranty, but he took it down wanting to pay to have it >> repaired. Turns out that parts were no longer to be had for those older G4's. >> >> Apple then gave him a brand new 15" Unibody MacBook Pro just because they >> could not repair his old one!!!!!!!!! All he had to pay was a 100 bucks >> cause he wanted the matte screen update. >> >> Is it any wonder he and I are Mac users? > > Let me see if I have this straight. He bought a Mac and used for three > years. It broke, so they gave him a brand new one, effectively for free? > How do they make any money with a business model that says "Buy one piece of > hardware and we'll just keep giving you new ones when they break"? > > T >
