Keyser Söze wrote:
On 12/30/20 1:29 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 10:11:12 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Took a bit longer than usual, but I heard back from Apple with the
definitive answer that it will be shipping me a replacement iPad. The
analysis was that the charging port was indeed defective, and the on-off
switch was also out of spec, but working. So my iPad will be going to
the refurb factory and a new or refurb'ed unit will be shipped to me
this week and with the holiday, probably arrive next week. My first
Macbook was a refurb from Apple many years ago, and I couldn't tell it
from brand-new, so whatever I get back will be fine, with a new machine
warranty and eligible for AppleCare.

If this were a Dell or HP unit, I'd still be on the phone with the tech
guy reading off a script from Pakistan or India.


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I've had very good results with HP equipment; rarely needing service
of any kind. Dell, not so much.


I have had some issues with HP gear and tech support over the years. If
I buy another printer, it won't be an HP. Dell tech support is pretty
terrible.



HP inkjet printers are expensive to run, and short lived. My cheap Brother
Laser MFC is probably 5 years old, and a $13 cartridge runs a couple
thousand pages of normal printing.