Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Oct 9, 2005, at 7:52 PM, david wrote: Bruce - if you knew anything about the Apple Genius you'd know he is supposed to be familiar with current and past product. Spend some time in a store and you'll find plenty of G4 computers being used and upgraded. Next time, try leaving your atti

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread darm0k
At 04:05 PM -0400 10/09/2005, david wrote: I work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. /me agrees wholeheartedly Find yourself a certified Apple repa

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread david
On Oct 9, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:05 PM, david wrote: work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. What you r

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread John Siple
Sorry you've had a bad run at the Apple world, both from weak hardware and blundering support. My own experience with the genius bar and warranty service has been more positive but I'm in Seattle and I had a simpler problem. I find the Apple support a little like some kind of military pro

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Nancy Lawrence
I have mixed feelings about the Apple store. When the one near me first opened, it was great. As was said earlier, the geniuses really did seem to be geniuses. And they took a look at my Pismo (!) after what I came to find out was a kernel panic, recommended DiskWarrior, and I was up and

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:05 PM, david wrote: work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. What you require is a service my boss offers. When a customer'

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 9, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Tobias Strohe wrote: Some general venting: If Apple wants to get out of their low market share they need to improve their service to what it used to be. Don't hire arrogant, half-wits as geniusses, I'm guessing you haven't dealt with any other computer company's

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread david
I work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. What you require is a service my boss offers. When a customer's drive is damaged/dead, if desired, we'l

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Tim Collier
That sounds like what happened to my G5 iMac. My solution was just to pull the hard drive and anything else I could salvage and buy a new computer. I sold the dead iMac for somebody who could have the time and patience to get it repairedbecause I'm not that person. Tim On Oct 9, 2005,

Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread John McGibney
On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Tobias Strohe wrote: Dear Listas/essas, I have been lurking mostly, but recent events warrant some verbage. I apologize right away, if (when) this gets lengthy. On my annual vacation this year my Powerbook G4 died (with some 500 not-yet-backed-up photos on it). Her

12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

2005-10-09 Thread Tobias Strohe
Dear Listas/essas, I have been lurking mostly, but recent events warrant some verbage. I apologize right away, if (when) this gets lengthy. On my annual vacation this year my Powerbook G4 died (with some 500 not-yet-backed-up photos on it). Here is my story to this point and my request for help:

Re: Lombard RAM in Pismo?

2005-10-09 Thread PeterH5322
>It could but it depends on chip density. Pismo can use higher density memory >chips that sometimes older memory managers in the Lombard and Wallstreet can >fully recognize. Mostly, the Lombard and Wallstreet memory managers cannot accept higher density DRAM chips. Watch out for double-sided SO

Re: Lombard RAM in Pismo?

2005-10-09 Thread PeterH5322
>Is RAM used in Lombard the same stuff that goes in Pismo? My Mom's >Lombard hard drive just died, and it makes more sense to buy a new >machine at this point (case is in brutal shape) than to replace the >drive. I'm hoping to pick the carcass before we bury it. Yes and no. Early Wallstreet

Re: Lombard RAM in Pismo?

2005-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/05 12:15, Dante McLean at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is RAM used in Lombard the same stuff that goes in Pismo? My Mom's > Lombard hard drive just died, and it makes more sense to buy a new > machine at this point (case is in brutal shape) than to replace the > drive. I'm hoping to pick

Lombard RAM in Pismo?

2005-10-09 Thread Dante McLean
Is RAM used in Lombard the same stuff that goes in Pismo? My Mom's Lombard hard drive just died, and it makes more sense to buy a new machine at this point (case is in brutal shape) than to replace the drive. I'm hoping to pick the carcass before we bury it. -- Regards, Dante McLean Dante M

Re: Problems with my Hard Drive?

2005-10-09 Thread darm0k
At 12:08 AM -0700 10/09/2005, Morgen Schuler wrote: I have a powerbook bronze pismo. Before digging into the interior, identify your PB properly: The 1998 PowerBook G3, called the Wallstreet, is a black PowerBook, thicker than the others, and has the family number M4753 on its bottom. The

Re: Problems with my Hard Drive?

2005-10-09 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/10/05 03:08, Morgen Schuler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone can help me out with my problem. I am becomming > familiar with the parts of my comp because I have a powerbook bronze > pismo. For a while (after I accidentally dropped it, a short > distance, but still

Problems with my Hard Drive?

2005-10-09 Thread Morgen Schuler
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me out with my problem. I am becomming familiar with the parts of my comp because I have a powerbook bronze pismo. For a while (after I accidentally dropped it, a short distance, but still gave it a jolt) it has been making clunking noises. I am thinking that th