On Dec 1, 9:09 pm, Rob Ross <[email protected]> wrote: (snip) > Anyone that upgrades their hard drive is voiding their warranty, although > lots of people do it. (snip) > > Rob
I have to disagree; Apple have always had a policy that you can certainly change HDD as well as memory, and indeed other things, the only provisos being: that any damage you cause in the process will void the warranty on the damaged part only; that non-Apple parts are not covered; that consequential (post--upgrade) damage to the computer as a result of the upgrade is not covered. This even extended to the older Mac Mini range despite needing putty knives and a small bucket of courage to open them up. I've seen this in practice - when undertaking a warranty repair on a friend's Mac Mini, Apple charged for replacing a plastic part damaged by him when taking it apart to upgrade the memory but otherwise honoured the warranty (faulty DVD drive). My personal take on the SSD upgrade 'takedown' is leverage, pure and simple. If the company in question wasn't also an Apple licensee they'd still be selling that bigger, faster upgrade. Its a bit dirty to play like this in public, but Apple has always played hardball with third parties where it can. They like to make it as hard as possible for owners to service/upgrade their hardware (Mac Pro excepted), the idea being that the vast majority will either buy a more expensive product to start with to avoid the upgrade issue, or go back to Apple for upgrades instead of DIY (I've already saved over £300 on my next MBP by deciding to upgrade the HDD and memory myself). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
