> I have a Macbook Pro I got just over three years ago (one month out of the > extended 3 yr Applecare warranty I bought with it) and it suddenly died on > me Thursday. Wouldn't boot. Managed to rescue the few things I hadn't back > up in a couple of days (by Target Disc mode onto my G4 desktop). Started > troubleshooting but despite single user mode fsck, hardware test CD, > swapping RAM about (with crossed fingers, I couldn't get past a kernel panic > screen. Bit of web reading and it looks like the nvidia graphics card could be > the cause in what appears to be a known issue on my model. Went to Apple > Store Bath (no, not an Apple Store in a bathtub, it's a place called Bath!) and a > genius ran the GPU tester - yup "FAIL".... > > The he brightened my day by telling me the logic board (with all bits attached > inc graphics card) would be replaced free of charge, ready to collect Monday. > > Say what you like about Apple but there's a reason some of us are fanboys!
It should last a lot longer than 3 years. In the last 15 years I've had the following : - an ICL Fujitsu desktop that lasted 7+ years until the monitor faded to nothing - a Dell Precision M50 which I used as the main computer for about 7 years, and is still going strong as a file and print server on my network - an IBM Thinkpad 760ED which is about 15 years old, now running an OS called Oberon on bare metal - this Thinkpad X100e - a Dell Vostro which I use for Lightroom These last 2 I bought this year so it's too early to say what their longevity will be, but so far I've only ever had one PC fail on me in an unreasonable period of time - a cheap Toshiba netbook whose motherboard died after 11 months. Amazon refunded the money without quibble. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
