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Thread ID: 76526 2007-02-04 01:01:00 do harvey norman new zealand know what windows vista requires? lance4k (4644) PC World Chat
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522432 2007-02-06 08:59:00 and if something like a powersupply dies you have to buy their special parts, putting upgrading out of the question too. might as well buy a mac

Stuff like that should actually be covered under warranty so it shouldn't be an issue.

Bit more info on Dell's situation here

Dell's Not on Easy Street Yet
www.businessweek.com
winmacguy (3367)
522433 2007-02-06 10:05:00 and once the warranty expires? seeing as an astounding 5th of their machines seem to fail within a year, i don't fancy their chances after the 1 year warranty period has expired motorbyclist (188)
522434 2007-02-06 10:16:00 Apple care warranty can be purchased in flavours of 1-3 years. The initial 90 day factory warranty is OEM. With regards to your comment of a 20% failure rate of Apple machines, that info is proabably from a site that is trying to highlight a worst case senario to produce F.U.D

From what I have seen around the net, no manufactured electronic device is perfect although some are better than others.
winmacguy (3367)
522435 2007-02-06 10:23:00 Apple care warranty can be purchased in flavours of 1-3 years. The initial 90 day factory warranty is OEM. With regards to your comment of a 20% failure rate of Apple machines, that info is proabably from a site that is trying to highlight a worst case senario to produce F.U.D

From what I have seen around the net, no manufactured electronic device is perfect although some are better than others.

my custom-built pc parts have warranties ranging from 3year to 5year to lifetime

and the 20% was an innaccurate quote from an earlier post on this thread, had you bothered to read it:
...Dell's score for units needing repair has improved from 23 percent to 18, but this is still significantly worse than average. Even among first-year systems, 14 percent needed repairs.

i was only 6% off;)
motorbyclist (188)
522436 2007-02-06 10:33:00 I was more just clarifying your statement than trying to prove a point. Apple is a company that has to make a profit like any other. Due to the fairly frequent hardware refresh cycle of their product range a choice of 1-3 years is fairly reasonable. Hense my mention of F.U.D winmacguy (3367)
522437 2007-02-06 12:07:00 These day's I would do my own research into whatever it is you want to buy, as I feel not all but most of them are hopeless and will tell you whatever to sell you the product. GhostBuster (10141)
522438 2007-02-06 18:55:00 Apple care warranty can be purchased in flavours of 1-3 years. The initial 90 day factory warranty is OEM. .

90 days!!
Purchase 1 -3 years!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
pctek (84)
522439 2007-02-06 19:06:00 Do I understand correctly?
Apple has only a 90 day warranty.
If you want longer you have to pay for it!

Or have I misunderstood?
JJJJJ (528)
522440 2007-02-06 20:02:00 I beg the forum members not to listen to what winmacguy has to say about apple and mac's, he is frequently wrong and tends to give apple a bad name plod (107)
522441 2007-02-06 22:07:00 I beg the forum members not to listen to what winmacguy has to say about apple and mac's, he is frequently wrong and tends to give apple a bad name

Too late, its already got a bad name :D
dolby digital (5073)
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