so you doubt apple and the Mac huh? I broke my macbook pro (must read)

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  • DirtyDanza
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2002
    • 8375

    #1

    so you doubt apple and the Mac huh? I broke my macbook pro (must read)

    Ok so on Jan 1st I break my macbook pro... how did I break it you ask...


    ok..

    so I went a got the 4 gig set for RAM now I could have had the mac genius put it in but I am pretty comp savy so I figure I will give it a go...

    works perfect... blazing fast.. now I got the macbook pro 2.4 gig with 4 gig RAM maxed out smoking fast.. so what does my dumbass do?

    I say to myself hey I need to take out the 4 gig put back in the 2 gig so I can time some things then put the 4 gig back in and time the same things... right? you know a little test danza style....

    well as I am putting the 2 gig back in I deicide to leave the little screwdriver that I DID NOT EVEN NEED AT THAT POINT in between my ring finger and my pinky.. well I am installing the first chip in and it's giving me resistance... im like wtf... well it was not the RAM it was the screwdriver going into the video on the logic board (motherboard) and snap bam the screwdriver went through the chip.. so now I am like FUCK FUCK FUCK...
    I get it all back together and try to fire it up and it fires up but no video.. nothing just a black screen and no power to the lcd or the 30in display I got... so now im pissed I broke it...

    so I take it to the new mac store here in vegas at town square... http://www.apple.com/retail/townsqua.../20071230.html

    I explain to the mac genius what I did and what an idiot I am..

    he says.. no prob we will order you a new motherboard.. which they did... this was new years day so I know they could not order it till the next day 1/2/08 so they shipped one which got there on 1/3/08 I go down there in the afternoon on 1/3/08 just to kind of see whats going on and I need my comp back... so I get there and the kid up front is trying his best to deal with me but long story short the board that they orderd was DOA and did not work...

    so now im a bit pissed cause they ordered a new one and did not give me the option to overnight... I think they should have.. so now 1/4/08 gets here I call the store in the morning no one has an answer for me... so I wait a few hours I call back... speak with the manager... the Guys name is Dan.. great guy.... he assured me that in all his power I would be back running that afternoon...

    well 1 o clock comes around on the 4th of jan (yesterday) I get a call...

    Hey (my name) this is Joe the lead tech over at apple.. yeah hey that motherboard did not come today so I got the auth to just open up a new macbookpro and give it to you.... they migrated my HD from my other one into the new macbookpro so it's like I never lost it at all.. amazing

    alas... apple does it again...
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  • tical
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2002
    • 6504

    #2
    but now you only got 2gb

    install the 4gb blindfolded!
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    • Godsmack
      Confirmed User
      • Apr 2004
      • 4525

      #3
      congratz! ;-) Apple rocks..
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      • tony299
        lurker
        • Aug 2002
        • 57021

        #4
        if the 4 gig worked I would of left it alone.

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        • uno
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          • Dec 2002
          • 18450

          #5
          My gf broke her screen. Her applecare package wouldn't cover it and its costing her 12-1500. She sent it in weeks ago and its still not back.
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          • Ross
            Ik ben een aap
            • Sep 2002
            • 18874

            #6
            That was pretty cool of them. Still don't understand why you took the 4 gig out tho, it worked fine and was fast why did you feel the need to do a "speed test"

            Thats just crazy.

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            • DirtyDanza
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 8375

              #7
              Originally posted by tical
              but now you only got 2gb

              install the 4gb blindfolded!
              oh no I already installed the 4 LOL


              Model Name: MacBook Pro
              Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
              Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
              Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
              Number Of Processors: 1
              Total Number Of Cores: 2
              L2 Cache: 4 MB
              Memory: 4 GB
              Bus Speed: 800 MHz
              Boot ROM Version: **************
              SMC Version: 1.16f8
              Serial Number: ************
              Sudden Motion Sensor:
              State: Enabled
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              • DirtyDanza
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2002
                • 8375

                #8
                Originally posted by tony404
                if the 4 gig worked I would of left it alone.
                I should have
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                • jeffrey
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 1864

                  #9
                  See every now and then I hear about Apple fixing something like this.
                  But more often then not its like Uno's GF. Apple care wont cover it, and it ends up costing almost as much as the computer cost in the first place.
                  Even on the Apple site they say it doesnt cover accidental damage.

                  Dell has accidental damage coverage (cheaper too) and will cover anything, actually havent even heard of people being denied.

                  If Apple would cover accidental damage officially and not on a "how much weed the guy at the apple store smoked that day" basis I would think about getting a mac that much more, but between the price difference and support, its a pretty tough purchace.
                  Coming Soon!

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                  • WarChild
                    Let slip the dogs of war.
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 17263

                    #10
                    That's awesome that you manage to come off like a total douche not just as the subject of your own stories but as the story teller too.
                    .

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                    • borked
                      Totally Borked
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 6284

                      #11
                      I dented the corner of the last G4 PB and killed the USB plug to boot after throwing my puter bag over a gate to climb over. Send the PB in for repair 8 weeks later for a HD failure (covered) and got it back with new casing and new USB port.

                      Similarly, I send my wifes MacBook in for repair after it was pretty much a DOA, while on the telephone, I asked if an older G4 PB, (3yrs out f warranty) could be send in to repair the crappy flaking paint. They picked up both, sent back the repaired macbook and replaced the G4 (5yrs old) with the latest model G4 PB (said mac I damaged throwing over a gate).

                      My registered macs span back to 1994, so maybe they look after me, I dunno, but I've had a few nice, uncalled-for breaks from Apple

                      For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com
                      (consider figuring out the email as test #1)



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                      • borked
                        Totally Borked
                        • Feb 2005
                        • 6284

                        #12
                        Originally posted by jeffrey
                        If Apple would cover accidental damage officially and not on a "how much weed the guy at the apple store smoked that day" basis I would think about getting a mac that much more, but between the price difference and support, its a pretty tough purchace.
                        don't buy applecare. I now get the local shop's version - 5 year support, onsite warranty with replacement puter during repair. Accidental damage (thou not the screen). Covered for 20 euro less than applecare.

                        For coding work - hit me up on andy // borkedcoder // com
                        (consider figuring out the email as test #1)



                        All models are wrong, but some are useful. George E.P. Box. p202

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                        • DirtyDanza
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 8375

                          #13
                          Originally posted by WarChild
                          That's awesome that you manage to come off like a total douche not just as the subject of your own stories but as the story teller too.
                          your the idiot that did not make sense of the story... everyone else seemed to understand it fine jackass
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                          • WarChild
                            Let slip the dogs of war.
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 17263

                            #14
                            Originally posted by DirtyDanza
                            your the idiot that did not make sense of the story... everyone else seemed to understand it fine jackass
                            Hey, I'm just saying that it's amazing you can not only be a douche bag so well, but you're also so damned skilled at communicating said douche baggery to others as well. You are indeed very talented.

                            Sheesh, some guys can't take a compliment.
                            .

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                            • DirtyDanza
                              Confirmed User
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 8375

                              #15
                              Originally posted by WarChild
                              Hey, I'm just saying that it's amazing you can not only be a douche bag so well, but you're also so damned skilled at communicating said douche baggery to others as well. You are indeed very talented.

                              Sheesh, some guys can't take a compliment.
                              well the douche baggery was pretty funny ill give ya that....

                              there may be hope for you yet....
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                              • KrisKross
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2006
                                • 5025

                                #16
                                Originally posted by DirtyDanza
                                your the idiot that did not make sense of the story... everyone else seemed to understand it fine jackass
                                You were an idiot, put your screwdriver through your motherboard and then got pissed when they didn't have your motherboard within 2 days during holiday season.

                                That's where his comment comes from, IMO.

                                Good for Apple. But you're a tool.

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                                • mrthumbs
                                  salad tossing sig guy
                                  • Apr 2002
                                  • 11702

                                  #17
                                  post some pics of your mac office

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                                  • SpeakEasy
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Sep 2002
                                    • 2681

                                    #18
                                    The real moral of this story is that You Are NOT As "pretty comp savy" as you thought....LMAO
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                                    • DirtyDanza
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 8375

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by KrisKross
                                      You were an idiot, put your screwdriver through your motherboard and then got pissed when they didn't have your motherboard within 2 days during holiday season.

                                      That's where his comment comes from, IMO.

                                      Good for Apple. But you're a tool.
                                      yeah good point.... that is pretty douche baggish huh...

                                      sorry war child I take back my comment your right it was pretty dumb of me... but you could have put it like Kris Kross did....
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                                      • JP-pornshooter
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Sep 2006
                                        • 4007

                                        #20
                                        did you finalize the experiment ? If not i say give it another go..
                                        "Obscenity is whatever gives the Judge an erection." -- Author Unknown

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                                        • DirtyDanza
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 8375

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by JP-pornshooter
                                          did you finalize the experiment ? If not i say give it another go..



                                          now were talking.... nah I didn't... soon as I got home with the new comp I put the new ram back in and fired it up....
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                                          • jakethedog
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Jun 2004
                                            • 2497

                                            #22
                                            Hey DD ... I run the exact same set up .. have you ever been happier with a comp .. ?? not me .. this thing is amazing .. I am sooo happy
                                            No sig .. just me

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                                            • DirtyDanza
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Aug 2002
                                              • 8375

                                              #23





                                              is my set up...
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