Re: [NTLK] [OT] Apple, Design and "Different" (Was: "Where would Newton would be today)

From: Jared Bland (jrbm689_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Feb 23 2004 - 15:29:33 PST


>> I understand stuck pixels are just a gamble (I have one stuck pixel),
>> but ANY computer should have QC enough to stop white blotches on LCD
>> screens from shipping with notebooks.
>
> If you have stuck pixels, Apple should take care of that under
> warranty.
> And you caould have purchased the AppleCare plan for your laptop. I
> know
> hindsight is 20/20, but I normally don't buy a major item on the
> bleeding edge of technology without a service plan. It costs a little
> more up front, but if your equipment gets hosed you are covered. I had
> a
> Sony camcorder and an Awai receiver that both went south before the
> service plan was up and both were replaced with nary a problem. And I
> bought a new service plan on each of the replacements, both Sony, and
> knock on wood, they are still going strong.

1: Warranties don't cover stuck pixels...
2: I live in Florida, no extended warranties can be sold to Floridians
because some elderly people were taken advantage of...

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