Gigi, I have to agree. Though I'm ticked to no end that they did to me what they did, and though I have my suspitions if it was done unintentionally or not, the bottom line is, they're trying to work with me. It took some complaining, but I didn't have to raise much of a stink, thank goodness, as had I, I definitely would a.
Chris Gilland Founder of CLG Productions http://www.clgproductions.com Phone: 803-760-7136 Toll-free: 1-888-405-3185 Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays E-mail: [email protected] On Feb 4, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys > In all fairness, I do have a friend, a sighted friend, that bought a Mac book > from Best Buy. She paid for accident protection or something like that. One > fine day she spilled a cup of water into her computer. She took it back to > Best Buy, and after they determined that they couldn't fix it, they replaced > it. So, I guess it just depends on the people you're dealing with. > Regards > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> cool! >> >> This is exactly why I wouldn't buy a computer, tablet, or phone from BestBuy >> for anything. I avoid that place like it had the plague. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 4, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Erik Heil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey chris, >>> Congrats! I don't have a Mac myself, but I'm using this list as a learning >>> experience when I do get a Mac, which hopefully should be in the near >>> future. i"ll have to admit that Alex is one of the major highlights of the >>> Mac experience imho. So, you're on a winning streak. BTW if you wanted to >>> run Windows on the same machine as OSX, there's no reason why you can't run >>> it within a virtual machine. You mentioned your specs, and for a serious VM >>> installation, its not possible, but you could do basic tasks with a Windows >>> VM. Allocate 1GB of RAM to it, and Windows should run OK. Not ideally, but >>> it would be a at least functional experience. >>> --Erik >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Nice one Chris. I'm not a full Mac user due to having to use Windows at >>> work. >>> On 4 Feb 2013, at 11:37 AM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I did it! I actually? did it! Just two days ago, on Saturday, I went up >>>> to Best Buy and with a chunk of extra income I had this month, I bit the >>>> bullet and bought me a mac mini! So now I have my 13 inch mid 2010 white >>>> macbook, and I also now have this mini. I am taking the mini back to >>>> swap, as Best Buy messed up though. They gave me an opened box mid 2011 >>>> model. They didn't even tell me it was opened. Imagine my horror when I >>>> got home and tried with its serial number to register it. It told me the >>>> purchase date I entered was not correct. When I called Apple, they told >>>> me it had been purchased by someone else over a year ago. We went and >>>> looked in the About this Mac page and saw it was a mid 2011, not the >>>> newest 2012 model. That really pissed me off. Anyway, I called Best Buy >>>> and spoke with the manager. He was extremely apologetic, and said if I >>>> could run it up there, he'd swap it for no cost for the correct newer 2012 >>>> model. I love this system as is, but it's only got the I5, 2GB ram, where >>>> what I wanted was the I5 4GB ram. NOt only that but I discovered this >>>> morning earlier when trying to charge my IPhone, that one of the USB ports >>>> is bad. I'm not very happy about this transaction, but, here is the >>>> bottom line. It's gonna get swapped, and then I'll use Migration >>>> assistance and move all my stuff from the macbook back over which won't >>>> take but maybe an hour or so, so really, I'm honestly not very concerned >>>> as far as losing data. I have this thing right now hooked up to my 5.1 >>>> home theater system via HDMI, high deff, and I gotta tell you, sitting >>>> here now typing this e-mail on the thing… this is amazing! I never >>>> thought Alex could sound so good through a set of surround speakers. I >>>> shutter to think once I get the new system with the 4GB ram how good this >>>> will be. I actually don't even have my windows desktop hooked up any >>>> more. If I absolutely must do windows, I have a Dell Inspiron system I >>>> can use in a pinch, although I'd rather not, if I can help it. LOL! >>>> >>>> Anyway, I am so glad to finally officially be a full mac user! I still >>>> find myself wanting to fall back on Windows, but my guess is now that I >>>> don't have an easy way to do so, in time I'll get more used to things over >>>> here. I know what I'm doing, it's just a bit awkward. >>>> >>>> Anyway, just wanted to share. Hope that was OK. >>>> >>>> Chris Gilland >>>> Founder of CLG Productions >>>> http://www.clgproductions.com >>>> Phone: 803-760-7136 >>>> Toll-free: 1-888-405-3185 Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except >>>> weekends and holidays >>>> >>>> E-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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