On 9/5/2013 2:04 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
....I continue to appreciate the good customer service. The three year
warranty on my desktop iMac expired in April, but I got an email today,
inviting me to bring my computer to the apple store so the guys/gals
there can replace, at no cost to me, the one terabyte hard drive. Apple
has had some problems with "premature deaths" of the Seagate drives that
were first installed in these machines. I was aware of this but
basically forgot to bring my machine in for the replacement. So, now I
have an appointment for a "bring it in at lunchtime, go eat lunch, and
we'll have it ready for you when you come back" repair.

Running the second of two backups now, will take the machine in in the
next couple of days.

Gee, I could have had a Dell, or an HP, or ... and been dealing with a
non-English speaking script reader in Pakistan, eh?

God bless Apple for taking good care of another hapless and needy
customer? I still wouldn't buy nuttin from them fruity folks.