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Apple Expands (Again) iBook Logic-Board Program

Posted by timothy on from the cultivating-customers dept.

JMZorko writes "Apple has extended the repair program to widen the serial # range yet again for iBooks experiencing the dreaded, dreaded (and did I say dreaded?) video problems. It now includes serial #s up to the UV342 range (which, sadly, mine is in .. here I thought I finally got one that would stay with me for awhile, sigh)."

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  1. holland 2 - tsjechia 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that was the score.

  2. that jobs guy is a jerk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bought an iBook in 01'. The 500 mhz one. It had the problem, but unfortunately I spilled a glass of water on it and it was done. No applecare, out of warranty, so I figured hey, I'll just take the harddrive out of it and buy one of those firewire enclosure deals and make it all portable.

    What I had thought before trying to do this was realized. iBooks aren't meant to be serviced by normal human beings. They got cyborgs. iBooks are not Pismos. Any fool could take a hard drive out of a Pismo. I now have an iBook, and though I did not RTFA, it is possibly covered by this program. This cool little laptop now sits in a case accompanied by an altoids tin filled with many, many screws and I still haven't gotten the bottom off of the mofo by now.

    Last I checked it was about $800 to fix it out of warranty, but maybe if I could put all those screws in right, I'd have a mac again.

    But I know this guy whose got a apple prototype g5 powerbook @ 3 ghz running OS X 11.0.5 and it can serously do holograms dude, so maybe I'll borrow that.

    That jobs guy is seroiusly holdin out on us so tell those jerks at apple to step up.

    Nate
    www.nlsmith.com