Over the last couple weeks I have been having problems with the MacBook Pro. AppleCare has already attempted to fix the internal problems, but this time they are mostly external. Case separating, weird marks, weird noises. Being a blogger I figured, before you take it in, you get the publics opinion. I have made a short clip showing what is wrong, but basically the casing that holds in the keyboard and trackpad is separating from the body. I call this defective, if its not going to stay together, its defective. From normal use as well, the palm rests are getting black spots on them, seems like my Macs not looking to good.
For a computer worth over $3000, it has really not held up all to well. As I mentioned in another post, To Apple Care or Not To Apple Care; That is the Question, I have already had a lot replaced on this MacBook Pro, and it is now starting to fall apart. Take a look at the embedded video and let me know what you think.
So, what do you think? Should I email Steve? Call up AppleCare? Bring it to the store and ask (or demand) for a replacement? Or just suck it up?
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Today Apple released a new version of iLife and iWork. They skipped ‘07 and went right to ‘08. (Just like the car companies, making ‘08 models way before ‘08)
Seeing as I just bought my MacBook Pro, I think it is kind of unfair that I need to pay $79 for a new version of iLife. So, I called up my local Apple Store, the one I bought the MacBook Pro from. They said that I could just return the MacBook Pro, but then I realized that there is a 10% restocking fee, and thats way more than the cost of iLife 08. I explained this to the guy on the phone, and he agreed that it did not make sense. He put me on hold and checked to see what he could do. After listening to Apples hold music for a few minutes he came back on the phone. “I just talked to my manager, and we can waive the restocking fee”. Ok, I replied. And I got off the phone.
I thought to my self, its going to be so much work to back up all my stuff and move it again (I did this when I got the MacBook Pro). So I am a bit caught right now, Should I return it, or should I just buy the new version? I am going to talk with apple a bit later and see what they can do.
Update:
I when to the apple store that night with my MacBook Pro in hand. They said that all they need to do is return the MBP, put it on a giftcard, and buy the MBP back. Then they remove $9.95 US from it, and you go to http://apple.com/ilife/uptodate/. For $9.95 you order iLife 08 and they ship it to your house. I did this whole proces and it worked. I am now just waiting on my shipment.
