Why oh why don't you take this up with Apple? I bought a 1TB Time Capsule to find that it was superseded by a 2TB model, one call to Apple and a swap was arranged.
On 21/07/2011, at 4:57 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Why, oh why, does this always have to happen to us! On Monday of this week, I > ordered us a new mac Mini server machine, in order to replace the old PowerPC > which has been running since 2005 24/7 but which fell victim to the ravages > of time late last week and failed. The new machine arrived on Tuesday > afternoon. I just looked on the Apple website and, low and behold, the > machine has been updated since Monday. The Mac Mini is now an Intel® I5 Core > duo processor, whereas ours is a Core2 Duo. OK, it's 2.0 GHZ instead of 2.66 > as ours is. But it's £50.00 cheaper, and comes with Lion Server. > > I just don't get it; why on earth can't Apple tell you they are about to > update something you've ordered and give you the opportunity to wait for the > updated version? I am now probably going to have to install the software back > to factory defaults, pack the machine up and arrange an RMA because I don't > think it's right that we should be penalised like that; they should have told > us. > > We think there's a way we can upgrade for free to Lion Server; but the > hardware changes and the price difference are the issues here. Just out of > interest, does anybody happen to know what is the difference between the > Core2 Duo and the I5? Gordon thinks the I5 has a larger L2 cash, but that's > not really a problem. What I want to know is whether we'd notice any > difference in functionality. Obviously the price is another issue as I said, > but why is it cheaper? At this point I am very disappointed with Apple's > marketing. They should have done the right thing by us instead of just > blatantly ignoring the fact that they were about to update the hardware. This > is one reason why I hate Apple's policy of secrecy. This is taking secrecy > too far! > > Lynne > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
