01-22-2011, 12:23 AM
OK: it came back today with a new logic board and top case, and all is working well. I've reinstalled my OWC RAM and larger HD, and so far everything seems copacetic.
I'm impressed with their turnaround time - i left the laptop at the Apple Store on Wednesday around 10:30, and had it back by 1:00 this afternoon. It was returned from Houston, which is quite a ways from me on the east coast. My drive came back reformatted (expected), with OS 10.4.10 installed on their Apple service/diagnostic partition! Crazy - i'd never seen Tiger on my machine before - it kinda weirded me out....
All in all, i've got mixed feelings about the experience. I'm glad they have a flat-rate repair option, but having a machine go kaput so soon out of warranty is a bummer. If it had been $500 instead of $310, i probably would have been parting out the MBP and saving for a new machine... That said, it's still a quick little bugger with a few years left in it (i hope!).
I'm impressed with their turnaround time - i left the laptop at the Apple Store on Wednesday around 10:30, and had it back by 1:00 this afternoon. It was returned from Houston, which is quite a ways from me on the east coast. My drive came back reformatted (expected), with OS 10.4.10 installed on their Apple service/diagnostic partition! Crazy - i'd never seen Tiger on my machine before - it kinda weirded me out....
All in all, i've got mixed feelings about the experience. I'm glad they have a flat-rate repair option, but having a machine go kaput so soon out of warranty is a bummer. If it had been $500 instead of $310, i probably would have been parting out the MBP and saving for a new machine... That said, it's still a quick little bugger with a few years left in it (i hope!).