Chances of Apple replacing/fixing no warranty MBP.

[guitargoddsjm]

$119 to fix - Apple Care is only $239, for 15", with student discount.
Apple Care = an incredible value

I love you. I was about to put down $300-350 for Applecare on my MBP from either Amazon or the regular Apple store. I didn't realize Apple gave a (fairly significant) student discount on Applecare.

Anyways, I'm going to go with the rest of the people here. Maybe if you're lucky and get a really sympathetic Genius Bar employee, you'll get lucky. But you did have an entire year to get Applecare on a computer that is meant to travel. And when computers travel, parts tend to fail.

 

[Benbikeman]

"Thus, I can not drag windows, resize windows, etc"

Yes you can. I only ever use the click on my MBP for right-click. You can do absolutely everything else via tap.

 

[guitargoddsjm]

I only ever use the click on my MBP for right-click. You can do absolutely everything else via tap.

This is also true. This works on my 2010 MBP, and it should work on your 2009 MBP too. If you enable "Tap to Click", and DOUBLE tap on the top of a window or the corner to resize (where you would normally click), you can drag windows and resize.

When I use my laptop trackpad or my magic trackpad, this is what I do 90% of the time because I don't like how much resistance the click has.

 

[RoyalFlushAK(s)]

How do you expect or hope, so to speak, Apple fixing your out of warranty machine for free - There's nothing free in this world I cannot understand why didn't you get AppleCare from the beginning. The price of $349 is not a big deal for 3 years.

RoyalFlushAK(s),

 

[lindstedt56]

You should just buy the parts on ebay and repair the computer yourself. Should be able to do it for cheap.

 

[brandon8u]

The computer completely died yesterday. Would not power on or charge.

 

[marc11]

Why is it whenever someone wants something for nothing it is never that persons fault, they can't afford it because....they are a poor student, poor housewife, out of work lawyer or some other excuse.

MAN UP, it broke, pay to have it fixed or do like so many of us do when we can't afford something DO WITHOUT. Going into an Apple store and throwing a little hissy fit is not the way to handle the situation.

It is running slow, investigate why, look at your software, hard drive, etc. Fix it.

Speaker makes a noise, turn down the sound.

Mouse stopped working, buy a mouse for $10 or a Track Pad for $70 and deal with it until you can afford new or to have yours fixed.

Shoot, my 10 year old Chevy leaks oil, guess GM should just give me a new truck because I went to the dealer and cried about it. Really?

Rant over, ping my negative rep, don't care. These "woe is me, poor me, Apple owes me something" posts are total BS.

 

[gngan]

Because it not my fault they sold me a crappy computer. I honestly have not dropped it, water damaged, etc. or anything! .

How did Apple sell you a crappy computer? I hope that you know there's wear and tear for whatever you use. It's not Apple fault for not replacing your out of warranty computer; however it's your fault to not buy Apple care when you get a chance. So you are taking the risk yourself.

Plus, I've heard a lot of friends getting replacement iphones and ipods because they dropped it or a car ran it over

I heard a lot of people stealing and didn't get caught too. Are you going to steal?

 

[eron]

Bring it in. Sometimes the 'genius' is generous.

 

[scottgroovez]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_2 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8H7 Safari/6533.18.5)

If the fault is an inherent fault they may take pity. My GF's dad had his out of warranty car fixed free as it was an inherent fault.

 

[CampDavid]

Personally, I find the idea that a two year life on a home computer is acceptable as fairly moronic.

All my previous professional laptops have lasted the course and lasted well. A £1000 HP 13" laptop is a solid old hector and will cope with international travel and 12 hours a day of use - at this price point the MBP needs to compete.

Personally I'd take it in and see what they say.

 

[CampDavid]

I heard a lot of people stealing and didn't get caught too. Are you going to steal?

I hear a lot of people on the internet claim to be a lot more honest than they actually are when faced with a $650 replacement cost

 

[HellDiverUK]

If you were in the UK, under the Sale of Goods Act, you can claim a repair/refund for up to 6 years if the device has failed before what can be considered "a reasonable time".

2 years is unreasonable for a premium computer like an Apple.

 

[brandon8u]

Got my baby back this afternoon! I dropped it off Monday. Apple repaired it for a flat fee of $310(which is steal, and made me happy). Replacing the logic board, top case (trackpad), and power connector.

They do the flat fee with any out of warranty Mac, which is not water damaged nor accidentally damaged.

 

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

Got my baby back this afternoon! I dropped it off Monday. Apple repaired it for a flat fee of $310(which is steal, and made me happy). Replacing the logic board, top case (trackpad), and power connector.

They do the flat fee with any out of warranty Mac, which is not water damaged nor accidentally damaged.

Good to hear, and only about $60 more than AppleCare would have cost. I hope you don't have anymore problems.