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Apple Begins Fixing MacBook Pro Issues
Hack Jandy writes "For those of you who bought one of the first generation Macbook Pros, a new replacement may be in your future. Flickering LCDs, overheating and intermittent WiFi connections are all common place for many of these first generation machines, but apparently Apple is fixing the problem. The article claims 'According to Apple, it has begun replacing the mainboard inside its MacBook Pros with a new revision. It calls the updated product "revision D," which is identifiable by product serial number.' If you have a reservation at an Apple Store, they may even replace your MBP with a new one."
Apple's warranty service left me with a broken $2000 PowerBook within 3 weeks of purchase because they refused to believe that the crack in the LCD was not user-inflicted. (For the record, it wasn't. I used to repair Toshiba and Compaq laptops for a living; I know how to handle notebooks.) They wanted $700 for the repair. It was suggested to me by the "Genius" at the local Apple Store that if I had bought AppleCare, they would send the machine for repair but they still might bill me afterward because it "appeared" to be user-inflicted damage. Amazing. I no longer own any Apple products. The PowerBook and every other Apple piece of equipment was sold on eBay during the following month. I actually got $1200 for the PowerBook. But even having sold it for that much, I was out $800, $100 more than it would have cost to have it repaired. I can't imagine any other manufacturer being that hostile towards their customers after making a $2000 purchase. Hell, most retailers take exchanges of defective items within 30 days. If I had only bought an HP laptop from Staples...
[just waiting for the Apple fanbois to mod this -1000 Troll]
If you're going to be such a slob and slosh your koolaid around like that in public, at least wear an iBib.
But other than that, welcome to computer paradise. =)
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.