I’ve got an SSD and 16GB RAM, Yosemite is no slower than Mavericks now I’ve sorted the Mail problems. I’m not sure if it’s faster but Mavericks was always lightning fast for me anyway, my MacBook Pro has a quad-core i7 in it so never struggled much anyway.
Regards Sam <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 19 Nov 2014, at 09:31, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug > <http://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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.
