I was given a macbook in fall 2006 to replace my old ibook. I've been using mac since I was seven and I've never wanted to give them up, but tomorrow I might buy a dell. Its been that bad.
At the moment, my Mac is in the store to be looked at. It suddenly started to have the RSS problem about two weeks ago. I ran software updates, checked the firmware, and even tried to find out what cause three was. Keeping the temperature down seemed to help until friday when it shut down and wouldn't reboot. It finally did boot after almost 2 hours, just as I was handing it over to the genius. She booked me in for my second new free topcase to cover labor, and a new fan, but I'm not really under any illusions, I'm fairly certain the problem is the logic board.
This machine just had a free new harddrive from apple, two new batteries, is on its second top case, and now it looks like its going to need a very expensive repair. I'm a PhD student with little funding, and little room for extensive, repeated and what looks like will be expensive repairs. Thus far, apple has replaced everything for free despite it being out of warranty and not covered by apple care. If they replace the logic board for free, then I'd love to stay with my mac, but otherwise I need a new machine.
I'll be honest, this maclemon leaves me feeling like my best childhood friend has stabbed me in the back. A year ago, I would never have considered buying a pc, but with all of these problems with reliability I can no longer justify paying the higher price, nor can I afford it in time, money, or stress.
Several people have advised me to contact customer relations and explain my problem. Its been suggested that in light of the issues they may replace the machine.
Questions: Has mac replaced some logic boards for free? Is that even a possiblity?
Is it worth international calls to customer relations to see if they can provide me with a replacement machine, or is that just a waste of time and money?
I'd appreciate hearing about others experiences with finally giving up on their maclemon. It seem that I can find lots of things written about the problems I experienced, but most of that was written in 2006. I've kept my firmware up to date and do maintain the machine well, so I have no idea why all of this decided to happen this year.
At the moment, my Mac is in the store to be looked at. It suddenly started to have the RSS problem about two weeks ago. I ran software updates, checked the firmware, and even tried to find out what cause three was. Keeping the temperature down seemed to help until friday when it shut down and wouldn't reboot. It finally did boot after almost 2 hours, just as I was handing it over to the genius. She booked me in for my second new free topcase to cover labor, and a new fan, but I'm not really under any illusions, I'm fairly certain the problem is the logic board.
This machine just had a free new harddrive from apple, two new batteries, is on its second top case, and now it looks like its going to need a very expensive repair. I'm a PhD student with little funding, and little room for extensive, repeated and what looks like will be expensive repairs. Thus far, apple has replaced everything for free despite it being out of warranty and not covered by apple care. If they replace the logic board for free, then I'd love to stay with my mac, but otherwise I need a new machine.
I'll be honest, this maclemon leaves me feeling like my best childhood friend has stabbed me in the back. A year ago, I would never have considered buying a pc, but with all of these problems with reliability I can no longer justify paying the higher price, nor can I afford it in time, money, or stress.
Several people have advised me to contact customer relations and explain my problem. Its been suggested that in light of the issues they may replace the machine.
Questions: Has mac replaced some logic boards for free? Is that even a possiblity?
Is it worth international calls to customer relations to see if they can provide me with a replacement machine, or is that just a waste of time and money?
I'd appreciate hearing about others experiences with finally giving up on their maclemon. It seem that I can find lots of things written about the problems I experienced, but most of that was written in 2006. I've kept my firmware up to date and do maintain the machine well, so I have no idea why all of this decided to happen this year.