I would rather be a bloody stump with no legs and arms and happily be using my PowerMac than have to suffer thru endless crashes and bugs with MS Windows.
A friend of mine had a similiar problem with his 15" Powerbook G4 (released Q4 of 2003). After battery replacements, casing replacements, a motherboard replacement, and finally, the monitor hinge breaking, he called AppleCare and negotiated a brand new 17" Powerbook G4 (straight swap). The only charge was for $300 as he opted for a 1GB dimm instead of 2x512MB, but other than that, no extra charge. Apple was very accommodating in this instance, going so far as to ship the 17" out before he shipped back the old 15" so that he could move his data over. So in this instance, a happy ending was made, but to say if this is the norm for Apple? Who knows.
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I would rather be a bloody stump with no legs and arms and happily be using my PowerMac than have to suffer thru endless crashes and bugs with MS Windows.
A friend of mine had a similiar problem with his 15" Powerbook G4 (released Q4 of 2003). After battery replacements, casing replacements, a motherboard replacement, and finally, the monitor hinge breaking, he called AppleCare and negotiated a brand new 17" Powerbook G4 (straight swap). The only charge was for $300 as he opted for a 1GB dimm instead of 2x512MB, but other than that, no extra charge. Apple was very accommodating in this instance, going so far as to ship the 17" out before he shipped back the old 15" so that he could move his data over. So in this instance, a happy ending was made, but to say if this is the norm for Apple? Who knows.