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From: dwade@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Doug Wade)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???
Message-ID: <12122@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 14 May 91 23:24:15 GMT
References: <1196@sousa.ltn.dec.com> <2756@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <2756@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> weiss@mott.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss) writes:
%In article <1196@sousa.ltn.dec.com> craparotta@kyoa.enet.dec.com (Joe Craparotta) writes:
%>Ya, real nice of them.. Like I said before, the dealer price for a swap 
%>during repair is only about a $200. difference. I hope they do find another 
%>way... Of course you need another bottom case, but that is no big deal..
%
%So the answer appears to be clear...if you're still under warranty, take out
%the ROM, bake it at 325 for 15 minutes, then tell the authorized Apple dealer
%"Honest, I don't know what happened!" :)

	Actually, this brings up an interesting point.  I've got a Mac II,
which Apple doesn't make anymore.  Standard wisdom is that if something
breaks, you get a motherboard swap.  This makes sense.  I wouldn't want *my*
dealer trying to fix anything!
	In my case, I've kept the main box under AppleCare.  If something
dies (like my battery, even) and my dealer determines that I need a swap,
what happens?  Does Apple have obsolete parts stockpiled somewhere?  Can
they whip up a few every month easily?  If a new ROM version comes out, and
if they don't want to fix the stockpiled ones, do I get the older ROMs?
If the parts aren't available, do I get a IIx?  A IIfx?  Am I forced to
make up the difference in price out of my own pocket?
	I'm not going to try to do this to upgrade, obviously, but I've
always wondered how this kind of thing is handled.  I hate to ask the dealer,
because I'd have to call three to see if they agree, and then I'd have to
call Apple to figure out who was wrong, and it's just not worth it.  But
if this has already happened to somebody, I'd love to hear about it...

	dwade@jarthur.claremont.edu