[Chester LUG] The MacBook Pro saga

Joe Foy joe.foy at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 17:32:36 UTC 2014


They use double sided tape instead these days apparently.
On 26 Sep 2014 18:22, "Les Pritchard" <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, I think she'd been fairly careful with it. Didn't seem damaged in any
> other way, just dodgy glue maybe!
> On 26 Sep 2014 16:53, "Stuart Burns" <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Was that after a good bit of bending the phone, banana style ?
>>
>>
>> On 26/09/2014, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Fingers crossed for 4th time lucky!
>> >
>> > Did they also suggest you should buy a second MBP just in case this one
>> > dies? That should provide some redundancy...
>> >
>> > Les
>> > p.s. just been looking at an iPhone 6 where the glass is already
>> > separating...good hardware all round :-)
>> >
>> > On 26 September 2014 15:15, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Seeing as so many people were making jokes and kind offers of a tenner
>> >> to take it off my hands I thought I would give you all an update..
>> >>
>> >> I took it to the Apple shop in Liverpool at lunch. The first guy just
>> >> was NOT interested, so I found a second. He sent me to the "Genii"
>> >> queue. "We can fit you in next week to LOOK at it.." I wasn't having
>> >> any of that. I asked to speak to a manager, explained and they agreed
>> >> a straight swap.
>> >>
>> >> I am hoping MBP #4 works ok. To be on the safe side, They knocked off
>> >> 25% off apple care so I bought that, as a backup to arguing over a
>> >> potential #5!
>> >>
>> >> Luckily all my stuff gets automatically backed up by Spideroak (Which
>> >> has 2 GB free, and fully encrypted with the key that only you have!) I
>> >> recommend it 100% Ideal for those important documents!
>> >>
>> >> Fingers crossed with #4
>> >>
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