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Applecare rocks!
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Long time lurker here, but never registered - felt compelled to tell my story. I had one of the last Powerbooks ever made, and the warranty is about to run out, so I sent it off for a number of repairs I have been putting off (relatively minor screen issues). Well, a week goes by and I'm getting impatient, then someone from Apple calls and tells me they can't locate the part they need, and they are going to send me a new MacBook Pro! I'm still in shock!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Back in the Good Ole US of A
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What an awesome story.. congratulations!
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Thanks! It is pretty awesome... I do have a follow-up question though - I now have a lot of Powerbook related stuff that I don't need - 2 power supplies, a sleeve, a copy of iWork 08, Leopard retail, a vga adapter, potentially an external iSight etc, and tried to post them on the marketplace, but found that I need to make 100 posts first - is there any way to short cut this, or do I really need to make 100 posts? Could someone do me a favor and make a post entitled 'Powerbook accoutrements' or somesuch, and I could reply to it with the list of stuff? Otherwise there's always ebay I guess... Thanks!
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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My other question is that I have a time machine backup from my powerbook - am I right in thinking that I just plug this in at startup and can restore? Any quirks I should be aware of with this? Thanks!
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Polwaristan
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
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Congrats!
They've also lost a package once, and I got the latest and greatest in return as well (not as good a deal as yours, though  ).
There have been serious problems regarding fraud in the Marketplace and -- unlike any other forum -- it's serious (i. e. about money). It has taken its toll on even experienced mods and we have been forced to change our policies. That's why we have decided that members need at least 100 posts to create threads in the Marketplace.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: in front of my Mac
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Congrats! Looks like your AppleCare really paid off.
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NY
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Congrats!! Aren't you glad you got Applecare? 
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Boy am I. You know what the best thing is? I can buy Applecare again for this machine and get another three years coverage! When I first heard about it I assumed that Applecare would be pegged to the old machine, but no...
I feel like I've really lucked out!
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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Applecare is great. A friend of mine bought a used iBook and it still had Applecare on it. It developed a problem and they sent him a new Macbook. This was just last October.... He gave me the Macbook for Christmas....I think he payed like $400 for the iBook....
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Penn's Woods
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Applecare usually takes care of the mishaps. I have had a iPod & Mouse replaced and 2 bad batteries replaced, but have yet to score an upgrade!
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MBP 15.4" 2.4 | iMac 20" 2.4 | Mac Pro 2.66 | 17" iMac G5 iSight | PM Quicksilver 867 G4
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Gaithersburg, MD, USA
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I got moved from a black Mac Powerbook G3 to a Tibook that way. Nice, isn't it?
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Land between the Lakes!
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Apple Care did the same thing for me. I was having superdrive issues with my white 24" iMac. It happened 3 times they sent me a new aluminum one when I grumbled. (Said they couldn't get the parts too).
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Columbus, OH
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My story is hardly as good as yours but it's good nevertheless.
Way back in the day when the first Airport came out (the graphite one), mine bit the dust long after AppleCare had run out but on a tip from one of these forums (possibly Macnn) I called to see what they would do. It turns out there was a big problem with certain capacitors burning out on a huge population of the Graphites and they sent me a shipping box to send the old one back; they also sent me a new (re-furbished) BS inside the box. So I had talked to them in the early afternoon about the problem; by 10:30 am I had a replacement.
Can't beat that for good service!
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Los Angeles
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Wow, I really want to send in my Macbook with a couple of issues now! I'm glad I got AppleCare. It's such peace of mind.
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This thread is so obviously a scammer trying to get his post count up. Embarrasing.
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