Comments on: Apple Still Cares Without Apple Care… For Now.

By: Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:39:23 +0000

My experience with the quality of Apple products has been universally good. I have long — very long — experiences with many many PCs and for years I used to make my own desktop PCs, and am hardware and software trained by IBM during my long employment with IBM before I finally retired. I am very pleased with the advanced technology I have always found in Macs, and while I know the more advanced it is, the more likelihood of problems, i have not found this to be true so far at least. I do know you have to pay more for Macs, but I feel it is a super bargain considering everything you get — including the best service and training in the business. This results from having a single source both for hardware and at least operating system software — you will never get Microsoft to be interested in fixing your PCs. The original IBM PC when sold only by IBM had this advantage, but that is long gone.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:53:35 +0000

I just went in to an apple store today and even though I’ve had my macbook for about 2.5 years and even though I do have apple care on it the guy said batteries were usually only covered in the first year. He was cool though and decided to give me one anyway. Mine had fattened up and I was scared to keep it in the mac.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:02:57 +0000

My iBook is five years old, and still I use it daily for web work, writing, etc. It has been rock solid with only a few software-related glitches. I replaced the battery after three years. It works. I dispute the claim that Apple uses cheap components. As for battery life: ymmv.

By: TDW

TDW — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:19:12 +0000

I hear about too many issues with Apple products. I can’t get excited because the warranty covered something- how about not breaking in the first place?

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