johns1 wrote:
AppleCare covers you for 3 years.
So you're suggesting I buy an extended warranty/insurance to cover a known faulty product? How nice of me to pay for the privelege of having a defective product.
As a general rule of thumb, I don't ever buy extended warranty coverage because A) Manufacturers always find some ******** reason to invalidate the claim, and B) statistically speaking, if I put the extended warranty into a bank account, I end up doing better.
johns1 wrote:
The bit about what flaws will appear after a great deal of time is fluff, problems usually appear fairly soon in a products life.
Have any evidence to back up your claim?
johns1 wrote:
It not like one's computer screen exhibits problems a lot. I seen hundreds of LCD panels and displays, very unusual to run into noticable IR. Beleive or not I even seen permanent persistant where the image no longer disappears on a LCD display, quite rare, but happens sometimes.
Would you agree that IR is not a "normal display characteristic"? If so, why shouldn't Apple replace it?
johns1 wrote:
The macrumors thread
The Ultimate rMBP Image Retention Test which includes a poll represents 154 votes only, hardly enough inputs to statically project a accurate representation of the true number of panels with issues. If Apple ships thousands of MBPr's and all we see is that, drop in the bucket.
It's the ratios which are important, not the actual numbers. With 154 votes and supposedly 10k rMBP manufactured, it is statistically unlikely that the sampled ratio diverges signficantly from the true ratio. The US Census does with a smaller ratio and comes up meaningful numbers.
johns1 wrote:
If someone would count the number of people that actually posted in this thread that had a IR issue that they would like Apple to correct or has been since repaired/swapped out, your probably looking at something between 100 to 200 legit failures that I would certainly hope Apple went out of its way to correct without the customer having to argue his/her position.
And that appears not to be the case. Many users are being refused repairs because somebody at Apple claims "This is a normal display characteristic", or "Wait for a firmware fix". I myself spent 3 hours in a store, and 6 hours on the phone with Applecare after my 1st panel replacement to convince somebody that I need a panel replacement.
johns1 wrote:
BTW don't spin that 2k to 4k bit, as Mac's have always been expensive and todays Mac's are way cheaper then they use to be. I agree no one that spends a good chunk of change should encounter problems, but stuff happens. 🙂
It's the ratio of pricing that matters, not the absolute cost. When I buy an Apple laptop, I pay the premium for the hardware compared to an equivalent plasticy Dell. In that respect, the ratios have not changed much in price.