I guess this is a good place for it?

Just a quick little Pro Mac spill here.

I have had a MacBook Pro for a number of years now, I actually purchased it from a fellow PWRX member. I don't believe he had it too long when I got it.

Anyway in the first couple of months of owning it, the screen started buzzing so I took it to Digilife and it was diagnosed as an inverter problem (very common in the MBP). They fixed it on the spot.

A number of months go by and the computer was now out of warranty. Apple call me one day and offer me their protection plan for $500+ I considered it and finally bought it. 1 week after buying it my battery wouldn't hold charge. I call apple, they run a series of tests and presto, I get sent to Digilife and bang I get a new battery at no cost.

A few months pass once again and bang my wireless mouse dies. No problem says apple here is another.

By this time I am thinking their service is the best I have ever seen.

I was traveling to the U.S a couple of weeks later so I buy another battery ($300) for the plane ride (cheaper than upgrading with Qantas to First class to use their "in flight power" by a few thousand $$$'s

I get to the states and the original battery dies. No problem, I take it to an apple store and it is replaced.

For 12 months nothing has been wrong with it and it has been a great computer. Then 2 weeks ago the inverter played up again. So I call Nextbyte in Nedlands and they can fix it within a week (digilife 4 weeks) so it has been there for 3 days now. The guy calls and says oops I ordered the wrong part but nevermind the proper part will be here first thing tomorrow plus I have ordered you a new screen and bezel as it looked a little "old", not broken, not faulty but old.

I can't believe that I am pretty much getting 50% of the computer replaced because of it and all for the $500 for apple care!

Also he says to me the HDD is a bit small (100gb) how about I give you a genuine Apple drive at 250gb for $240 fitted with data transfer included? I was like HELL YEAH! (Yes i Know nerds, I could have shopped at PLE and Austin and got one for $XX off but I CBF)

So all in all, I am as happy as a pig in shit!
Also I am a nowhere single user of a Mac! I could not even imagine how well companies get treated that own multiple Mac's! If you want a brilliant product with the best warranty known to man buy a Mac!

Car Manufacturers need to learn from Apple when it comes to warranties*


*ok only Ford

lithium batteries don't last long if your letting run flat... If you run it down to 10% charge and then turn it off you're batteries will stop dying all the time.

Basically the full charging / discharging cycle wears them out.

Can't say I'm unhappy to hear that ( picked up first mac last week ).

After mucking around with the trial version of iWork I have to admit I went and picked up office for mac yesterday but can't see the old Toshiba coming out again.

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good to hear just bought mac pro desktop last week extremely happy with it, Ordered it off there site and came in 3 business days.

I love my MacBook Pro too (old 1.83 GHz version), but should we really have to put up with these sorts of failures? Especially when Apple gear costs a premium? I mean it's great that you've had a good experience with the warranty, but, in the best of cases a warranty is just an insurance policy that you never actually need to use.

I heart my hackintosh.

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you mirin?

you'd want something to make up for the lack of games and for the "made for idiots" standard interface the mac has (no right mouse FTL).

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Lol, fair enough it's good service, but that's a fair few issues for a computer thats a couple of years did you say?

Last Openbook laptop lasted 4 years with only the battery needing replacement. Current ASUS hasn't had any issues after a year (fingers crossed). I'll be staying with PC's.

Each to their own

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Maybe back in the 80's dude. Go and right click an apple mouse now.

I had an old G3 iBook with Jag-wire and then went back to XP and consequently Vista. As of two weeks ago I'm back on a "mac" and loving every minute. With VirtualBox (Free) you can run a copy of Windows like VMWare however it can integrate with your desktop.

Win win situtation I think.

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