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Jan 22, 2013 8:39 AM in response to susansherman42by mende1,★HelpfulWelcome to the Apple Support Communities
It depends. If your Mac is old and/or it has got an integrated graphic card (an Intel graphic), the repair will be very expensive or it would be worth to buy a new Mac.
If your Mac is recent, there's no reason to buy a new one because it can work correctly for the use you want to give to it
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Jan 22, 2013 8:46 AM in response to mende1by susansherman42,it was bought in 2007, and what would it be worth for the parts?
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Jan 22, 2013 8:53 AM in response to susansherman42by mende1,★HelpfulYour Mac was covered by a replacement program. Macs with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT have got a defective graphic, so it must be replaced, but it expired, so now you will have to pay to repair the Mac. If you think that your Mac can be useful for you, take it to an Apple Store to get the Mac repaired, and if not, buy a new computer
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Jan 22, 2013 8:58 AM in response to mende1by susansherman42,well thank you so much for that info, I am now wondering why we were not offered the replacement when it was brought into the Apple store before Dec. 9? I am not sure if you work for Apple and can help me out, or what I need to do to address this.
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Jan 22, 2013 9:05 AM in response to susansherman42by mende1,That's because the program expired on December 7th. Also, you have to tell them that you want a new graphic because of this replacement program, because, as fas as I know, they don't know if your Mac has got a repaired or a defective graphic. For example, I took my iMac to replace the hard drive because of a replacement program and now, with a new hard drive, it still appears as covered to replace the hard drive