Apple does say though that they use refurbished parts in the hardware warranty document found at www.apple.com/legal.
I do though have a very hard time thinking that you can get that many DOA parts and/or have that many machines constantly breaking without any other reason than that 'apple supplies bad parts'. Nicklas 2010/11/11 Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> > It's interesting how this has become a testimonial for Apple. > > I have had extended warranties on all my Macs, since that became available. > I refer to the 3 year period of warrantee. > > My point, right at the beginning, concerned the failure of Apple to supply > decent replacement parts. I've had this happen on a number of occasions. I > place this against the general bad experiences I have had: I have not kept a > record, but the last time I spoke to Apple they were shocked. Sam, who has > seen several of my machines, will know that, when taken to him for repair > (as opposed to update) they were not badly treated and they were not > working. > > I am actually rather careful of my macs, many of which have just stayed at > home. But I do travel a lot. I did suggest there might be something about > me: perhaps too much static electricity. > > But all of this is by the way. The point is that Apple can't/don't send out > decent parts, and they should. I bought a computer, not a period of waiting > while dud parts shuffle around. > > Apple aren't infallible. To say they are better than rivals is not to say > they are acceptable. The image and the actuality are very different. > > Ranulph > > > > On 11 Nov 2010, at 12:18, Stephen Watson wrote: > > > I'd echo my appreciation for you Ranulph .. ;-) > > > > A Macintosh in 1984 (128K, 400K floppy, no HD and a bargain at £2,500 > with an ImageWriter I), then Mac Plus (failed HT replaced under warranty - a > very common problem), a IIci (8 years and no problems), a Beige G3 (HD > replaced out of warranty), iLamp (HD replaced out of warranty by Sam!), 2nd > hand G3 12" iBook which was just fine but was stolen and replaced with a > newer G4 12" iBook in 2005 which I still use now and then but has never had > problems and now finally my original Intel iMac Core Duo from 2006 that I'm > typing on now (some logic board bits replaced by Sam when the DVD went mad). > > > > iPod original 5MB which was dropped on pavements 3 times, unintentionally > thrown out of a loft in a jacket and fell about 25 feet and when I found it > the dial and button had come off! I pushed them both back in and it carried > on fine for another year before the dear old HD died. iPod classic 30GB with > no problems in 2 years which I sold for my current iPod touch 2G(?) which > has behaved perfectly until I loaded iOS4 which slowed it to a crawl. iPad > 3G just dandy so far. > > > > Compare with the grief of my flatmate who sits behind me reloading > Windows, HDs, anti-virus nightmares and has replaced his entire computer > once as he just lost any patience. And that's in just over a 15 months!! > > > > So, over 26 years I'm very pleased with my Apple kit. > > > > Here's to the Apple fairy smiling on you in future, > > > > Stephen > > > > On 11 Nov 2010, at 10:03, Tony Crooks wrote: > > > >> > >> On 11 Nov 2010, at 09:57, Ranulph Glanville wrote: > >> > >>> Then you should all be very grateful to me, for collecting all the > problems and failures and duds, and saving you from them! > >> > >> We are! 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