Macbook!!!

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro

I'm not quite sure I do understand. I though you had a machine with a failed motherboard? It seems like you are saying that you cannot purchase a new board because they only will replace broken ones, but that you do have a broken one that needs replacement.

yes, that is what I am saying. No other company in the world forces you to send back your original board before they will sell you a replacement. You cannot buy an extra one, or spares, you cant build your own Mac, or buy just the motherboard to experiment with - they only sell computers: whole computers

no one else does this to their customers! Its outright contempt for the people who buy their machines.

If I need to buy a new crankshaft for my Saturn Vue, I dont have to first prove to Saturn that I own one of their vehicles. If I want to buy a new motherboard for my $3000 Tektronix Oscilloscope, all I have to do is order it.

Apple has gone off the deep end, and the only reason is to keep their prices high, because they have prevented any possible competition. I think this borders on criminal Monopoly-type market control.