If Your Mac Breaks Down.....

....and you bought it from a bloke 'down the pub', how do you go about getting it fixed without nosey parkers asking you rude questions about where it came from? The machine is brand new and boxed. Just thinking to the future like.

GlasVegas wrote: ....and you bought it from a bloke 'down the pub', how do you go about getting it fixed without nosey parkers asking you rude questions about where it came from? The machine is brand new and boxed. Just thinking to the future like.

'round these parts they opt for the 'from a Carboot' scenario ( and put it on the household insurance for a damages claim, though that will generate more of a thorough investigation than the Dibble would deem worth , if one were unlucky )

The from a carboot scenario covers a multitude of options, as 'round r way carbooters can range from the one off family types having a clear-out to the more ahem, nefarious type.

it's a thought anyways

Somebody you 'used to' work with

GlasVegas wrote: ....and you bought it from a bloke 'down the pub', how do you go about getting it fixed without nosey parkers asking you rude questions about where it came from? The machine is brand new and boxed. Just thinking to the future like.

I'd have a mac from the pub, how much?

most components in a mac are pretty standard pc parts, other than the mother board, as i'm sure cambo will agree, a pc in a pretty dress, the thing that makes them good to me (having been a mac user since 1995) is the computer is put together by the same people that make the OS so it integrates much better, which i'm sure cambo will disagree with!

anyway, other than mother board, which you might be able to pic up from ebay, any one with decent pc repair knowledge should be able to sort it.

it shouldn't breakdown anyway, I just got rid of my 9 year iMac g3 (the original iMac with the blue back) which never developed a single problem, it just became too slow (400 mhz processor 128meg of ram!) to cope with a flash filled world.

Good luck with it.

What Jed Sed!

The fact it runs something VERY close to Linux means it wont do a windows and just refuse to boot for no reason.

i went to a computer store to get my current comp and the guy told me a lot of people don't like macs. i can remeber being very young and thats the time when mac was macintosh apple, the grey ugly rectangular looking bodies from long ago. i'm so used to non-apple computers. i would get a good warranty on your computer though.

Animadversion wrote: i went to a computer store to get my current comp and the guy told me a lot of people don't like macs. i can remeber being very young and thats the time when mac was macintosh apple, the grey ugly rectangular looking bodies from long ago. i'm so used to non-apple computers. i would get a good warranty on your computer though.

the whole point is, he won't get a warranty, he got it off a bloke in the pub.

at the time when apple macintish (correct way round) were ugly grey boxes, PC's were ugly beige boxes, both have moved on considerably from then, and it's a case of what is best for you, if yo've used a PC for years and are used to it, then moving to a mac would seem very unfriendly, just because it's different, and vice versa, but if you're new to computing then a mac is "normally" an easier system to use.

I use PC's and macs, PC's in work and for my music and the imac for all internet related stuff, which makes it a lot more secure, the only time i connect my pc to the internet is to register my software (yes i actually buy the software i use, that way it works), my previous imac outlasted 3 PC's.

Back in the grey and beige days, Apple's hardware was radically different, giving the machines WAY more bang per clock, than the kludgy old IBM compatible(ish).

Now they ARE kludgy old IBM's with faster clocks and prettier graphics, but still a 30 yr old architecture behind all the modern go-faster widgets that Mac's and "traditional" PC's use to pretend to be state of the art.

Still....OSX>>>>>>>>Windows If you've got the cash to spare and can't be fucked with Linux/BSD.

Very hard question, what do you do if you buy it from a dodgy geezer round the corner of the pub

Jed Stephens wrote:

Animadversion wrote: i went to a computer store to get my current comp and the guy told me a lot of people don't like macs. i can remeber being very young and thats the time when mac was macintosh apple, the grey ugly rectangular looking bodies from long ago. i'm so used to non-apple computers. i would get a good warranty on your computer though.

the whole point is, he won't get a warranty, he got it off a bloke in the pub.

at the time when apple macintish (correct way round) were ugly grey boxes, PC's were ugly beige boxes, both have moved on considerably from then, and it's a case of what is best for you, if yo've used a PC for years and are used to it, then moving to a mac would seem very unfriendly, just because it's different, and vice versa, but if you're new to computing then a mac is "normally" an easier system to use.

I use PC's and macs, PC's in work and for my music and the imac for all internet related stuff, which makes it a lot more secure, the only time i connect my pc to the internet is to register my software (yes i actually buy the software i use, that way it works), my previous imac outlasted 3 PC's.

prolly shouldn't buy a comp from a guy in a pub then. think...a pub. a guy in a pub surrounded by alcohol. stranger...mac...intosh. hmmm...

Jed Stephens wrote:

Animadversion wrote: i went to a computer store to get my current comp and the guy told me a lot of people don't like macs. i can remeber being very young and thats the time when mac was macintosh apple, the grey ugly rectangular looking bodies from long ago. i'm so used to non-apple computers. i would get a good warranty on your computer though.

the whole point is, he won't get a warranty, he got it off a bloke in the pub.

at the time when apple macintish (correct way round) were ugly grey boxes, PC's were ugly beige boxes, both have moved on considerably from then, and it's a case of what is best for you, if yo've used a PC for years and are used to it, then moving to a mac would seem very unfriendly, just because it's different, and vice versa, but if you're new to computing then a mac is "normally" an easier system to use.

I use PC's and macs, PC's in work and for my music and the imac for all internet related stuff, which makes it a lot more secure, the only time i connect my pc to the internet is to register my software (yes i actually buy the software i use, that way it works), my previous imac outlasted 3 PC's.

prolly shouldn't buy a comp from a guy in a pub then. think...a pub. a guy in a pub surrounded by alcohol. stranger...mac...intosh. hmmm...

Machine Always Crashes If Not The Operating System Hangs

(nonsense of course)

Doctor? wrote: Machine Always Crashes If Not The Operating System Hangs

(nonsense of course)

Too true.

Surely you just take it to a computer repair guy, who hasnt got a lot of work on.. Promise him a bonus if he fixes it, no questions asked etc..

Loads of dodgy computer repair guys in Sarff London desperate for work right now...

Doctor? wrote: Back in the grey and beige days, Apple's hardware was radically different, giving the machines WAY more bang per clock, than the kludgy old IBM compatible(ish).

Now they ARE kludgy old IBM's with faster clocks and prettier graphics, but still a 30 yr old architecture behind all the modern go-faster widgets that Mac's and "traditional" PC's use to pretend to be state of the art.

Still....OSX>>>>>>>>Windows If you've got the cash to spare and can't be fucked with Linux/BSD.

Too true. When I was looking for a new laptop, macs were appealing OS X is really lovely. But when I broke it down, all I would really be doing was web surfing, emails, playing music etc. Why pay a 100% premium for that? If I was going to do graphic arts, music and film editing-the mac is a killer app.

Some guy tells me as I am trying to sell him a laptop "I'm gonna get a Mac!" like any good small child would say.

I tell the guy "See that black laptop.? Intel chip. Go out and get Ubuntu (like he knew what that was) drop it on that laptop, paint it white, and put an Apple stencil on it. You're almost all the way to a Mac and you saved $800."

I hate to be shown up, especially by a moron who has no clue. Businesses pray for ignorant folks who will fork out lots of cash and not know any better.