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Apple screwed up on my refurb ibook...in a good way

NusuniAdmin

NusuniAdmin

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Apple screwed up and gave me a superdrive....but online the refurb only had a combo drive :D I got a free superdrive :D :D :D :D cool!

From system profiler:
Manufacturer: MAT****A
Model: MAT****A DVD-R UJ-825
Revision: DAM5
Serial Number:
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1

:D

and on apple refurb page:
iBook G4 1.2GHz/256MB/60GB/Combo/AP Extreme Card/E/56K/14-inch TFT - Apple Certified

A bit curious but ah well. Even under the keyboard where it has system description it says combo drive.....hmm
 
iLikeMyiMac said:
You got lucky.
I wonder how many times apple does this per refurb order.
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lol, Apple screwed up my replacement powerbook order even more worst that yours (for them=bad, for me=good)

My old powerbook 12in was repaired too many times of the same problem, Apple offered to replace it and I wanted to upgrade to the 15in.
They upgraded me to the 15" Superdrive w/ all maxed out, except I told them for 1 512MB stick.
About 1 week later, I get the Powerbook, and Apple installed a 1 1GB Memory instead of the 512. It was strange, even on the box and bar code serials said a 1GB stick.
It has been about 2 months since I received the computer and everything is great!
Apple hasn't even charged my credit card yet for the "upgrade" from the 12in 867mhz Powerbook! <knock, knock>
 
this does have me a little concerned ( litte)....then again since its a refurb it is VERY possible that the combo drive in it originally broke and they stuck in a superdrive by accident (or maybe they were out of combo at the time). Who knows?

BTW: I just relized you cant take screenshots with dvd player open.....wtf?
 
i think apple sometimes does this type of thing with refurbs... i have heard alot of cases when the purchaser has being "upgraded in one way or another, either with a graphics card or superdrive and i have heard of a g5 single 1.8 actually turning up with dual 2ghz with gig of ram.... neadless to say he was STOKED....

bottom line... be grateful, you got a break
 
haha, yeah, when I bought my brand spankin' new 12" PB, one of the first things I did was check About This Mac to see if they accidentally put a Superdrive in there by accident. :D

They seem to make these "mistakes" for refurb products the most, while new purchases seem to come quite accurately. :eek:
 
There have been lots of stories on here lately about about good mistakes on people's refurbs. I'm sure they will all be buying refurbs again when it is time for their next Mac. By the way, I love how the language filter dosn't like your brand of superdrive. :D
 
Elan0204 said:
There have been lots of stories on here lately about about good mistakes on people's refurbs. I'm sure they will all be buying refurbs again when it is time for their next Mac. By the way, I love how the language filter dosn't like your brand of superdrive. :D
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as far as i know every single optical drive in apples ppc computers show up as matsh-ita
 
NusuniAdmin said:
I just relized you cant take screenshots with dvd player open.....wtf?
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I had this problem when I needed to get a screenshot while DVD Player was running, but the movie was paused and the player was minimized. I opened Grab, but Apple's bug caused an error message:

"Screen grabs are unavailable during DVD playback. Please quit DVD Player first."

I clicked on the paused DVD Player in the Dock, closed it, and got back to Grab, but the thing I was trying to get a screenshot of was off the screen. :mad: Doesn't Apple realize that if I wanted to take a screenshot of a DVD movie, I would use software like DVD Capture? Apple should fix this problem with Grab. :(
 
NusuniAdmin said:
as far as i know every single optical drive in apples ppc computers show up as matsh-ita
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Matshîta/Matsushîta (;)) is the brand of drive. It's the same company as Panasonic. Not all drives are this brand, for example my SuperDrive is made by Pioneer.
 
Refurbs... I've heard apple does that every so often! Like they get a batch of computers in... they all vary a bit. But they just sell based on the least common denominator
 
arogge said:
I had this problem when I needed to get a screenshot while DVD Player was running, but the movie was paused and the player was minimized. I opened Grab, but Apple's bug caused an error message:

"Screen grabs are unavailable during DVD playback. Please quit DVD Player first."

I clicked on the paused DVD Player in the Dock, closed it, and got back to Grab, but the thing I was trying to get a screenshot of was off the screen. :mad: Doesn't Apple realize that if I wanted to take a screenshot of a DVD movie, I would use software like DVD Capture? Apple should fix this problem with Grab. :(
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I'm guessing this "feature" was put into there to prevent copyright infringement. What with all of the furor over copyright nowadays, Apple or (quite possibly) the movie companies decided to gently encourage people not to take screenshots. Now whether this does anything in a practical sense is a completely different story...
 
well here i am a few weeks after getting the ibook and still have not even thought about burning a dvd....lol. Now I feel guilty about getting the superdriver for free.
 
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