On 12/11/11 9:00 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:40:13 -0500, X ` Man
wrote:

About three years ago, I sold my very decent IBM Thinkpad, made the
plunge, and bought an Apple MacBook Pro. Never had any problems with it.
Today, I was using it and the screen started flashing a little. Weird.
So I called Apple. I'm out of warranty, but...there was an issue with
the video cards on these machines, so Apple extended service for that
item to four years. So I'm covered. The tech made an appointment for me
at the Apple store. I'm not sure what the repair is, but "it will be
fixed," I was assured, and at no cost to me.

Interestingly, this laptop cost me less than the Thinkpad I had. I had
that machine for about five years, I think, before I sold it.

Boating related, because I run chart plotting software on the Macbook Pro.

That sure is a great way to take care of American Laborers:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397421,00.asp


I "frequent" two Apple stores. At both stores, I know personnel who work
as sales help. The majority of sales help consists of college students
working part-time, and making between $12 and $15 an hour, plus
benefits. That's above average for retail employees in this area. I
don't personally know any of the "Genius" crew, but $30 an hour plus
benefits seems reasonable for first-line technicians who perform simple
diagnoses and repairs.

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