On 12/14/11 4:27 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 13/12/2011 11:44 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 12/13/11 1:23 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 12/13/2011 1:02 PM, Ombudsman wrote:
On 12/13/2011 11:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In articleAYmdne9Leao94XrTnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on-
says...

Had a 9:45 AM appointment at Apple this am, gone by 10 AM

Diagnosis...bad video card
Solution....replace main logic board (motherboard). Video card
permanently attached to motherboard.

Problem Description/Diagnosis
Issue: Customer states machine has garbled video
Steps to reproduce: Physically observed. Fail Nvidia test
Proposed Resolution: Replace MLB
Cosmetic Condition: Normal wear
Known Liquid Damage: No
Check-in Required: Yes
Username: na
Password: na
Would the customer prefer to create a temporary password while their
computer is being serviced?: No
Estimated Turn Around Time: We'll call you within 48 hours
Mac OS Version: 10.7.2
Hard Drive Size: 200 GB
Memory Size: 4 GB
iLife Version: 09

Employee ##########

Repair Estimate
Item Number Description Price Amount Due
661-4960 PCBA MLB 2.4 GHZ REV2 $ 487.5 $ 0.00
S1490LL/A Hardware Repair Labor $ 39.00 $ 0.00

Total (Tax not included) $ 526.50 $ 0.00


A $526.50 repair at no cost to me, and machine is out of
warranty...it's
almost four years old.

Basically, I'll have a brand new machine when I get the laptop back
this
week.

No you won't.

Another peek at his ignorance.

It's OK for Apple to be anti-union, but not Walmart, because he likes
Apple products.

Yup, it's a fleabagger thing...


Please list the names of name-brand manufacturers of laptop computers
whose workers who make the components and assemble these computers are
in American-style industrial unions.

Not sure if they are union, but Dell at least assembles them in the USA.
Pricey too as far as PCs are concerned.

Hint: It ain't Apple, Dell, HP, or Lenovo. What is the country of
manufacture of that crappy desktop you use to run your internet services
provider company on? Atari?

http://www.unionbuiltpc.com/

By the looks of it, crappy PCs union priced with Asian parts.

Costco sells ZT Systems, USA assembled.

Also Dell, USA assembled.

Just hat you are a hypocrite.


None of those alternatives run the Apple OS as their primary operating
system. They're just clone PC's. Most Dell computers are not USA
assembled. If I wanted a clone PC for my use, I might have considered
one. But I didn't.

Earlier this year, I bought a new PC for my wife. Her computing needs at
home are minimal: word processing, email, web browsing, iTunes for her
iPod, Picasa for her photos. It was a Dell. When it arrived, I opened it
up to see what was in the plastic desktop box. Plain vanilla
motherboard, Intel Core i5 cpu, 8 gigs of non-descript ram, graphics on
motherboard, et cetera. All Asian parts and the sort of assembly a
12-year-old kid could do in his sleep. No "Assembled in the USA" sticker.