A Warning to all prospective Mac purchasers in Australia!!!
The software seems fantastic, way superior to what I'm used to out of XP, the hardware is attractive and (I hope) removes all the bizarre hardware and driver incompatabilities I struggle with, but the company, Apple, seems incapable of helping itself out.
I ordered a BTO mac mini (1.4GHz, Airport, Superdrive) on Feb 12. 10 weeks later I was told I may have to wait another 3-4 months to get my order!! I settled instead for a stock 1.4GHz (one of 6 to arrive in Australia that week), got it home, excitedly watched it got through the first-boot setup, then the screen went blank - now power, no response, no sound.
Hoping (and praying) it was the power supply and easily replaced, I returned to the store, but no such luck, it's dead. Since it was within a week, I'm entitled to a new machine, but hey, that could take another 4-6 weeks to turn up, even fast-tracked with Apple.
So it's in for repair. How many parts are they going to have available considering they haven't got any machines?
I'm amazed that apple can shoot themselves in the foot so. I was told they have 3000 orders for Mac Minis outstanding in Australia and only 6 Arrived last week. The BTO Dell I ordered a month ago took 5 working days to arrive!
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A Warning to all prospective Mac purchasers in Australia!!!
The software seems fantastic, way superior to what I'm used to out of XP, the hardware is attractive and (I hope) removes all the bizarre hardware and driver incompatabilities I struggle with, but the company, Apple, seems incapable of helping itself out.
I ordered a BTO mac mini (1.4GHz, Airport, Superdrive) on Feb 12. 10 weeks later I was told I may have to wait another 3-4 months to get my order!! I settled instead for a stock 1.4GHz (one of 6 to arrive in Australia that week), got it home, excitedly watched it got through the first-boot setup, then the screen went blank - now power, no response, no sound.
Hoping (and praying) it was the power supply and easily replaced, I returned to the store, but no such luck, it's dead. Since it was within a week, I'm entitled to a new machine, but hey, that could take another 4-6 weeks to turn up, even fast-tracked with Apple.
So it's in for repair. How many parts are they going to have available considering they haven't got any machines?
I'm amazed that apple can shoot themselves in the foot so. I was told they have 3000 orders for Mac Minis outstanding in Australia and only 6 Arrived last week. The BTO Dell I ordered a month ago took 5 working days to arrive!