Pretty standard warranty extension for a known issue. And the GPU failure issue has been cropping up regularly since the iBook G4's were current.
Nothing surprising about how they treated you, I'd expect exactly the same from any of the other major brands. -Adam On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Cotty <cotty...@mac.com> wrote: > I have a Macbook Pro I got just over three years ago (one month out of > the extended 3 yr Applecare warranty I bought with it) and it suddenly > died on me Thursday. Wouldn't boot. Managed to rescue the few things I > hadn't back up in a couple of days (by Target Disc mode onto my G4 > desktop). Started troubleshooting but despite single user mode fsck, > hardware test CD, swapping RAM about (with crossed fingers, I couldn't > get past a kernel panic screen. Bit of web reading and it looks like the > nvidia graphics card could be the cause in what appears to be a known > issue on my model. Went to Apple Store Bath (no, not an Apple Store in a > bathtub, it's a place called Bath!) and a genius ran the GPU tester - > yup "FAIL".... > > The he brightened my day by telling me the logic board (with all bits > attached inc graphics card) would be replaced free of charge, ready to > collect Monday. > > Say what you like about Apple but there's a reason some of us are fanboys! > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
