Posted on 12/02/2015 8:47:54 PM PST by Swordmaker
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You Apple guys really know how to rub it in.
Where can I trade in my Gates garbage laptops to scrap together enough dough for a MacLaptop / Airbook?
I sent an Acer laptop to my protegeÌ in Việt Nam five years ago and it still works fine.
Johnny One Note blows his horn again. Terrorist massacre in our homeland, and in response, this worshiper of false idols posts another praise to his deity.
freaking repulsive.
Macbook, mini-ipad, and i-phone - all 3 dead within a year in my house. no thanks.
My experience with my Macbook over 3 years was 1 MB replacement, 1 keyboard replacement, 2 HD replacements, and eventually the LCD developed lines. This was over a 3 year period of some pretty hard use. I think all the laptop hard drives are prone to fail due to the fact that they have moving parts, so I don’t count that against Apple.
The Asus I have at work, has already had the M2 SSD replaced once, and the MB replaced twice (!) due to a design flaw with the power connector. Plus the power adapter failed. Unlike the MacBook, I babied this thing. That’s over a 2 year period.
So small sample size, but the MacBook wins. I have a SurfaceBook now. Will see how that holds up.
I’ve had three Dell laptops. I had to replace a hard drive on one after a funky electrical problem in neighborhood. I had to replace the hard drive. The computer is eight years old. It came with Vista, upgraded to Windows 7 then Windows 10.
When you pay a premium price for a high end product, I would hope the reliability would be better. When you buy an expensive Windows machine, I think they can sometimes have more problems than the cheaper ones. I’m kind of surprised Apple doesn’t come with a better warranty. Of course, sometimes they will fix out of warranty stuff if there’s a known manufacturing defect.
In addition, it was purchased second-hand for less than half-price. I can still make money on it!!! It replaced an 2 year older MacBook which my daughter is still using...
Before I moved to the Philippines, I also had a 24" iMac which was purchased second hand. It was 4 years old when I bought it, and sold it for more than I paid after 2 more years of my use. I am a good buyer and a good re-seller!
(Not mine. For reference only)
Yes you are...
With 3 kids, my wife and me, I’m guessing 40 - 50 Apple products through our household in the last 30 years — I think we’ve had one iPhone fail.
Apple II, IIe, iMac, iMac “Flavors,” iMac G5, LaserWriter, original Mac, Mac SE, Macintosh III, Quadra 700, iPhones, iPads, Apple TV...I can’t even remember them all any more.
Of course, there was the time my daughter snagged her foot on the charging cord on my old tank-like MBP and it crashed to the floor doing a lot of internal damage, but that was our fault.
Actually, they will fix things more than two years out of warranty sometimes. I had a problem with a hard drive on a G4 Powerbook (wow, that was a long time ago), and they sent me a shipping box, prepaid, replaced the HD, and shipped it back. No charge.
I have had Macs since 1984!
YMMV!
Terrorists do what they do to disrupt our daily lives. I am damned if I will let them do that. If we let them do that, their tactics are working. THAT is damned repulsive, John.
You can't even name the Apple products correctly, or even know that every one of those products has a one year warranty. Why would I ever believe a think you claim, Alma?
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My experience as well.
I have a been a Mac user and buyer since the mid 80s. Every time I have a problem, warranty or no, I take it into the local Apple store and they fix it--free. They look me up in their database, see how good a customer I am, and just take care of the problem.
Right. If the terrorists interrupt your daily Holy Apple Devtional, they win!
I think Mac fetishists are creeps in the first place. Thanks for confirming.
C’mon man, be fair. Did you go to work today? Paid social marketers also have to keep earning their living even when terrorists are on the attack.
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