It's already been through one flood and, after drying out for a while,
still worked. Well, the hard drive that sits in the bottom of the case
was ruined, but a new drive made it all better again. I keep expecting
to turn it on and get nothing but a bad smell out of it but so far it
just keeps on working.
CB
On 9/30/11 2:38 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote:
Chris,
Trade you iMac G4's if I could! [Wish mine were still alive!] <grin>
JG
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com
<mailto:cblo...@aol.com>> wrote:
I also wonder whether the failure rate of devices with no (or few)
moving parts is very high. My wife's old iPhone3G is still kicking
along after more than three years and numerous drops although she
is itching for the iPhone5 when it comes out. Some stuff doesn't
die out, it just gets obsolete. Like my old PowerMac g4 which is
soon to hit 10 years and just keeps on working. Makes a nice host
for time machine hard drives and keeps my basement office toasty.
CB
On 9/30/11 1:28 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote:
I definitely recommend it! My iMac G4 was repaired under it in
2007 when it failed. Apple did a top-notch job and returned it to
me jolly quick. in 2009 it was destroyed by a dozen lightning
strikes on my property; destroying the power supply and logic
board. Since it was then out of warranty, it now sits atop my
stand-up stand, as I have no where to store it.
Since then, I bought a MacBook Pro with Leopard and bought
AppleCare for it. This year I sent it back as the warranty was
about to expire; they sending a box overnight via FedEx, and the
replaced the optical drive … CD/DVD ROM and SuperDrive, network
card, Airport card, logic board, and Airport card [did not know
it was bad], and returned it to me overnight
via FedEx. I am on it now. Purchased another MacBook Pro on eBay
[won the bid] for $677.00 including shipping with a 500 GB HD [my
original has a 160 GB HD]. They even re-installed my third-party
software back onto it! It now works better than ever! I'm a real
happy camper now!
I also get AppleCare for my iPods! None have failed yet; but, it
surely is worth it just for the no-cost phone help!
JG
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com
<mailto:cblo...@aol.com>> wrote:
Applecare, like insurance, is hedging your bets. Could you
handle having to come up with replacement cost if your gadget
were to fail? Apple is betting that more often than not
you'll never need AppleCare, or at least the issues will be
few enough to cover their costs. For me, for my iPhone, I
don't plan to do my usual 5-6 year life cycle so I didn't do
Applecare. While I wouldn't want to pay out to buy another
one it is something I could probably scrape the money
together for. Not so much with a laptop.
CB
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