I have probably bought more than 200 hundred Macintoshes over the last 15+ years, direct from stores, from Apple, and from distributors, many for personal use, some part of business projects. In nearly every case, it was either explicitly or implicitly understood that "modifications" to the stock machine (modem cards, video cards, RAM, drives, etc.) were my responsibility; most of the time, it was clear that warranty issues were my headache with the manufacturer, and the seller was not going to handle them, let alone returns.
Apple's customizing, with warranty support, is a blessing for those who don't want to or know how to open the box and insert cards, etc.
As far as returns: in my experience, returning unwanted (as opposed to defective) components or machines can usually be done, regardless of the policy, if you handle the request diplomatically and demonstrate that you are a good and longstanding customer. I doubt small claims court accomplishes that.
iCal integrates multiple calendars in the same window. Why not just have each person publish their own calendar, and each person subscribe to each of them? All the events will appear together. This is how we handle our office calendering.
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I have probably bought more than 200 hundred Macintoshes over the last 15+ years, direct from stores, from Apple, and from distributors, many for personal use, some part of business projects. In nearly every case, it was either explicitly or implicitly understood that "modifications" to the stock machine (modem cards, video cards, RAM, drives, etc.) were my responsibility; most of the time, it was clear that warranty issues were my headache with the manufacturer, and the seller was not going to handle them, let alone returns.
Apple's customizing, with warranty support, is a blessing for those who don't want to or know how to open the box and insert cards, etc.
As far as returns: in my experience, returning unwanted (as opposed to defective) components or machines can usually be done, regardless of the policy, if you handle the request diplomatically and demonstrate that you are a good and longstanding customer. I doubt small claims court accomplishes that.
iCal integrates multiple calendars in the same window. Why not just have each person publish their own calendar, and each person subscribe to each of them? All the events will appear together. This is how we handle our office calendering.
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