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libertango) wrote2010-01-08 02:40 pm
libertango) wrote2010-01-08 02:40 pm
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All due props
After giving me a window of 3-5 days to get Minimax back, the Southcenter Apple Store called last night and said it was ready. I've picked it up, and everything appears to be doing well. 1 day turnaround is pretty good.
In an interesting way of setting what the marketing jargon calls a "reference price," they printed up a receipt to let me know this Main Logic Board replacement would have cost $617.81 had the machine not been under warranty. That's about as much as it cost new. No, nobody's trying to sell an Applecare extension, why do you ask?
Now comes the most difficult part of trying to fix an intermittent problem like this: Waiting to see if it goes wrong again, while realizing early success may only be a Black Swan.
Oddest side effect found so far: My serial number isn't in System Profiler any more. It only says,
"Serial Number (system): System Serial#"
Having kept all my receipts, though, I think that'll be OK.
In an interesting way of setting what the marketing jargon calls a "reference price," they printed up a receipt to let me know this Main Logic Board replacement would have cost $617.81 had the machine not been under warranty. That's about as much as it cost new. No, nobody's trying to sell an Applecare extension, why do you ask?
Now comes the most difficult part of trying to fix an intermittent problem like this: Waiting to see if it goes wrong again, while realizing early success may only be a Black Swan.
Oddest side effect found so far: My serial number isn't in System Profiler any more. It only says,
"Serial Number (system): System Serial#"
Having kept all my receipts, though, I think that'll be OK.