So can you send it in without a hard drive to avoid this issue?
All my data was intact. Happy ending. I'll be sending apple a very nice email thanking them.
I understand you're pleased and your biggest mistake when sending your machine in for repair turned out very well for you, but frankly I would not be thanking Apple. I'd take my drive and be done with it, but I wouldn't go out of my way any more to actually thank them.UPDATE!!!!!
UPDATE!!!!!
So I haven't done anything since last Saturday when I spent the whole day on the phone asking about where my SSD ended up and if I would ever get it back again.
Today I received a FedEX Box, shipped Priority Overnight from the repair depot in Memphis, TN. There were no slips, no tags inside. Just my SSD. How do I know it was mine? Because I wrote my name on it with a sharpie when I first bought it. =)
All my data was intact. Happy ending. I'll be sending apple a very nice email thanking them.
NEXT ON THE LIST - BUY AN APPLE TABLET!
Yeah I have to wonder myself.Thank them? For what??
newsflash for some folks:
the current generation of unibody laptops do not have any user changeable or serviceable parts.
there is no standard removable panel on the underside.
late 2008 - early 2009 MBP have a panel that allows access to the hard drive and battery, which makes them user serviceable. ram requires removal of the undercover, which makes it not serviceable.
the original MBP design had user serviceable ram but not hard drive.
essentially, apple doesn't want or expect the majority of users to replace or change their hardware.
they also have you sign that little disclaimer that states they will return any malfunctioning device to it's as purchased configuration.
a SSD probably would have posted an error when being tested as a standard HDD.
Today I received a FedEX Box, shipped Priority Overnight from the repair depot in Memphis, TN.