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Apple Issues Power Supply Exchange

Posted by pudge on from the back-in-my-day-computers-made-us-go-deaf dept.

mpath_lamp writes "Today Apple issued an exchange program for all owners of the Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac G4. It's meant to resolve the incredibly loud fan noise in the current power supplies of Power Mac models that began to ship in August 2002. The program requires a $20 shipping charge and the return of the old power supply. Apple will begin shipping the kits on March 10 in limited quantities and the kit consists of a 360-watt power supply, system fan, allen key, and installation instructions. A big thank you can be directed to the guys over at G4noise.com for the continuous support in trying to get an official response from Apple."

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  1. is it just me... by Drunken_Jackass · · Score: 4, Funny

    or is anyone else sick of having to describe a Mac like this:

    "It's a G3. Not a beige G3, but the Blue one. The first of the cool looking ones."

    Or, "It's a G4. No, not the grey one, the silver one. Yeah, well silver and the one with the mirrored drive doors."

    --
    There are 01 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary, and me.
    1. Re:is it just me... by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 5, Funny
      A lot long-time Mac users refer to the computers by their codenames, e.g., Sawtooth, Yikes, Wall Street, Pismo, and so on.

      Other Mac users devise clever nicknames, such as TiBook and "speed hole Mac." The blue and white G3 is called a smurf tower.

  2. Just ordered mine... by mailseth · · Score: 1, Funny

    I've always wondered what my hard drive sounds like.

  3. What did you say? by TPIRman · · Score: 4, Funny

    What? The dollar's up high in Spain? Huh? Hold on, let me turn this damn thing off for a second.