Apparently, Microsoft is slapping a new style of void-if-removed warranty stickers on Xbox 360s that are sent in for repair. Why? With no facts to back us up, we must call upon our favourite pastime: crazy-eyed speculation.
So, this guy sends his laptop to Dell for repair and Dell sends him back a hard drive…just a hard drive in a box. So what’s the problem here?
Boing Boing Cory relates this tale using his $US100/year global support service for his Lenovo laptop and actually liking what eventually happened. Wha??
When it comes to extended warranties, we have always recommended that they be avoided. However, I am curious to know what percentage of you have actually purchased an extended warranty and why.
Before we had the great unibody fail-off of 2009, another batch of MacBooks began to falter on account of shoddy Nvidia hardware. Apple has extended their free repair offer on those laptops from two to three years after the date of purchase.
Wired takes a look at the “phenomenon” of your gadgets breaking just after the warranty on them expire. A conspiracy? No.
With the glut of off-brand HDTVs from Vizio, Insignia, Dynex, and more flooding the market, HDGuru did a little legwork and found the real price of these sets lies in their often inadequate extended service.
And lo, the winged horse of the Apocalypse bounded through the sky: Apple is acknowledging the white MacBook’s legendary hairline cracks along the bottom enclosure, and will actually fix it, regardless of your warranty.
One area where dead trees will always beat out eBook readers is chuckability—apparently, the shiny new Kindle 2 doesn’t take kindly to being launched into hardwood. Somewhere, Jon Stewart is chuckling.
