Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-04-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi *; Am 2006-02-26 15:43:34, schrieb Magnus Rosenbaum: I am now furious to discover that they took my 100 gig drive and replaced it with a 80 gig drive. That's right. Those idiots didn't just wipe my drive, they gave me the wrong freaking drive. Yes, then just bring it back to the

Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-27 Thread Michael Schmitz
im pretty sure you sign on that condition when you put it in for service. fortunately the few times ive used apple service they havent wiped my machine, but i dont dual boot. I _do_ dual boot, and the Apple that replaced my display did not alter anything on the machine. I had set it up to

Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-26 Thread Paul TT
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:04:02 -0600 David Smoot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently had to send my powerbook back for warranty repair because OSX was failing to recognize the extra 512 megs of ram in the lower ram slot. Before I sent my system back, I had my 100 gig drive set up as dual

Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-26 Thread Dean Hamstead
im pretty sure you sign on that condition when you put it in for service. fortunately the few times ive used apple service they havent wiped my machine, but i dont dual boot. Dean On Fri, March 24, 2006 8:18 pm, Paul TT wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 21:04:02 -0600 David Smoot [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Battery Problems / Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-07 Thread anthony iles
No when I said I pulled the pram battery hard drive then replaced them all meant just that, I tried everything!! So just buying and installing a new pram battery should do the trick? thanks for your help I'll order new pram today regards AnthonyTommy Trussell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Battery Problems / Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-05 Thread Tommy Trussell
On 3/1/06, anthony iles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Powerbook G3 Pismo/Firewire/Bronze keyboard model which is dual boot Sarge and OSX does not switch on anymore or does so only temporarily. For some time I have been running it without a battery as the battery only held a charge for 3-4 mins

Battery Problems / Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-03-01 Thread anthony iles
In reply to David, Forget about Apple unless you have got money, time and patience to burn,. Best to DIY. Apologies to all on list if this is turning into a bit of a Hardware quiz session, but if anyone can help with this problem it will help me a great deal and perhaps edify some other troubled

Re: off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-02-26 Thread Magnus Rosenbaum
David Smoot wrote: I was mad when I discovered my backup was corrupt and I lost 4 months of data. That's not Apple's fault ;-) I am now furious to discover that they took my 100 gig drive and replaced it with a 80 gig drive. That's right. Those idiots didn't just wipe my drive, they gave

off topic - Apple service sucks

2006-02-25 Thread David Smoot
I recently had to send my powerbook back for warranty repair because OSX was failing to recognize the extra 512 megs of ram in the lower ram slot. Before I sent my system back, I had my 100 gig drive set up as dual boot with roughly an 80 - 20 split between OS X and Debian. I was irritated when I