{"id":483,"date":"2006-08-08T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2006-08-08T07:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/08\/2006_08_08_1555.php"},"modified":"2006-08-08T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2006-08-08T07:55:12","slug":"now-for-some-lovin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/08\/now-for-some-lovin","title":{"rendered":"Now for some lovin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I guess I&#8217;m having too much fun keeping the &#8220;apple fever&#8221; in check. People might start thinking I&#8217;m a PC fanboy. So let me post about my <strong>good<\/strong> Apple experience.<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn&#8217;t know I <em>do<\/em> own a <strong>Powerbook&#8230;<\/strong> one that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/07\/2006_07_29_0822.php\" title=\"view details\">conked out on me<\/a> just recently. I had recovered the files I needed and sent the unit in for repairs.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>I guess I could say that I&#8217;ve made the most out of my warranty already. I&#8217;m even lucky that I was one of the people who got a three year warranty without having to purchase Applecare. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_483_1('footnote_plugin_reference_483_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_483_1('footnote_plugin_reference_483_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_483_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_483_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">This was during the time where a lot of distributors offered 3 years warranty as a standard.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_483_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_483_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has been two years already and the amount of replacement parts I have already availed of (including this incident) has already reached 1k USD. So as far as warranties go, I&#8217;ve <em>more<\/em> than made the most out of it. And it&#8217;s pleasing to know that I still have a whole year left &#8211; in case of any complications.<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say that it was a lousy machine that I had to have it serviced often. I already had the entire bottom and top case <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_483_1('footnote_plugin_reference_483_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_483_1('footnote_plugin_reference_483_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_483_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_483_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">The top case is where the keyboard is. Not the LCD panel casing.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_483_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_483_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> replaced with a brand new one because of a slip-up a techincian did when upgrading the hard disk, and I ended up having a &#8220;bruised&#8221; powerbook. I had the top case replaced once more after discoloration due to the lousy material of the top-casing. In a sense, both were mostly cosmetic, but still applicable for warranty because it wasn&#8217;t <em>my<\/em> doing.<\/p>\n<p>This recent incident however is a true hardware issue, which is being promptly dealt with. What makes me happy about this event is that I officially reported a problem with the hard disk; but after testing, they said that they were having the LCD replaced as well.<\/p>\n<p>I guess I never noticed how much mine has dimmed because I used a software that magically re-envigorated it by some magical process which escapes me. All I can say is that it probably recovers the brightness\/contrast that&#8217;s lost by overcompensating the hardware settings. So the fact that my LCD was in an awful condition totally slipped my mind &#8211; until they reminded me about it. I&#8217;m still quite confused because I always knew that LCDs dim with age, and I never thought that was applicable in a warranty situation &#8211; but it&#8217;s still nice to know that they volunteered to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>All of this was revealed about the same day I got the new monitors for my desktop &#8211; which was a couple of days after my birthday. 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