Hoorah! What a result. I have to say, when pushed past level 1, I've only ever had good experiences with Apple in this regard. Did exactly the same when iOS6 bricked my iPhone 3G. They sent me a top spec and just released iPhone 4 (after a real moan to a very senior man in Cupertino!)
Now, Sam, how is Yosemite running on it? I'm STILL being chicken, as reading reports of awful UI lag etc. I have an early 2011 MBP, but with SSD (my install) and 4GB Ram. If it'll play nice, I'll update, but if this lovely and fast machine starts to feel jaded, I'll be gutted!!! Anyone having positive experiences on 'older' hardware!?!?! Thanks Adam On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:39:33 PM UTC, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > Hi All > > Just thought I'd share my experience with my MBP 2011. The graphics card > soldering failed, an endemic manufacturing defect which is the subject of a > class action lawsuit in the states, so I took it to the AppleStore today. > > They quoted £420 to replace the logicboard but I requested they waive the > fee under the UK Sales of Goods Act, stating that my laptop was not > sufficiently durable or fit for purpose and as such was covered. The genius > disagreed and said the manufacturing defect was not official so couldn't > authorise a repair. > > I asked for the case to be escalated to a manager and he came back 5mins > later with approval for a complete repair under an extended warranty but > that it would take 7 days to complete. > > I've just had a call to say the repair has been done and the laptop is > ready for collection (same day), which means they must have a stack of > replacement logicboards in anticipation of the problem. > > If you have a 2011 MacBook Pro and get lines/visual distortion onscreen, > it's worth sticking to your guns. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
