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From: huang@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Howard Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Warranties/Dealers
Keywords: Warranty, update, system software
Message-ID: <1974@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 90 19:37:34 GMT
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>	I then asked about warranties and AppleCare.  
>...However, he then said that the warranty will be void if:
>	1) I open the computer
>	2) I have non-Apple cards
>	3) Any Apple cards I do have aren't installed by an Apple dealer.

>...This
>doesn t just cover the Apple II line.  A Mac II/x/cx/ci can have memory or a 
>hard drive installed (only if it's one of the approved brands) if the dealer 
>installs it, but that's all. 

One guy I know bought a Mac II through the University here.  When he went
home to install his internal hard drive, something went wrong so he brought
the computer back.  But they said he had voided his warranty by opening
the machine and installing the drive.  And thus his wrath descended upon
the purveyors of fine Macintosh computers...

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