Hi guys In all fairness, I do have a friend, a sighted friend, that bought a Mac book from Best Buy. She paid for accident protection or something like that. One fine day she spilled a cup of water into her computer. She took it back to Best Buy, and after they determined that they couldn't fix it, they replaced it. So, I guess it just depends on the people you're dealing with. Regards Gigi
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 4, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > cool! > > This is exactly why I wouldn't buy a computer, tablet, or phone from BestBuy > for anything. I avoid that place like it had the plague. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 7:53 AM, Erik Heil <ehe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey chris, >> Congrats! I don't have a Mac myself, but I'm using this list as a learning >> experience when I do get a Mac, which hopefully should be in the near >> future. i"ll have to admit that Alex is one of the major highlights of the >> Mac experience imho. So, you're on a winning streak. BTW if you wanted to >> run Windows on the same machine as OSX, there's no reason why you can't run >> it within a virtual machine. You mentioned your specs, and for a serious VM >> installation, its not possible, but you could do basic tasks with a Windows >> VM. Allocate 1GB of RAM to it, and Windows should run OK. Not ideally, but >> it would be a at least functional experience. >> --Erik >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >> Nice one Chris. I'm not a full Mac user due to having to use Windows at work. >> On 4 Feb 2013, at 11:37 AM, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I did it! I actually? did it! Just two days ago, on Saturday, I went up >>> to Best Buy and with a chunk of extra income I had this month, I bit the >>> bullet and bought me a mac mini! So now I have my 13 inch mid 2010 white >>> macbook, and I also now have this mini. I am taking the mini back to >>> swap, as Best Buy messed up though. They gave me an opened box mid 2011 >>> model. They didn't even tell me it was opened. Imagine my horror when I >>> got home and tried with its serial number to register it. It told me the >>> purchase date I entered was not correct. When I called Apple, they told me >>> it had been purchased by someone else over a year ago. We went and looked >>> in the About this Mac page and saw it was a mid 2011, not the newest 2012 >>> model. That really pissed me off. Anyway, I called Best Buy and spoke >>> with the manager. He was extremely apologetic, and said if I could run it >>> up there, he'd swap it for no cost for the correct newer 2012 model. I >>> love this system as is, but it's only got the I5, 2GB ram, where what I >>> wanted was the I5 4GB ram. NOt only that but I discovered this morning >>> earlier when trying to charge my IPhone, that one of the USB ports is bad. >>> I'm not very happy about this transaction, but, here is the bottom line. >>> It's gonna get swapped, and then I'll use Migration assistance and move all >>> my stuff from the macbook back over which won't take but maybe an hour or >>> so, so really, I'm honestly not very concerned as far as losing data. I >>> have this thing right now hooked up to my 5.1 home theater system via HDMI, >>> high deff, and I gotta tell you, sitting here now typing this e-mail on the >>> thing… this is amazing! I never thought Alex could sound so good through a >>> set of surround speakers. I shutter to think once I get the new system >>> with the 4GB ram how good this will be. I actually don't even have my >>> windows desktop hooked up any more. If I absolutely must do windows, I >>> have a Dell Inspiron system I can use in a pinch, although I'd rather not, >>> if I can help it. LOL! >>> >>> Anyway, I am so glad to finally officially be a full mac user! I still >>> find myself wanting to fall back on Windows, but my guess is now that I >>> don't have an easy way to do so, in time I'll get more used to things over >>> here. I know what I'm doing, it's just a bit awkward. >>> >>> Anyway, just wanted to share. 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