{"id":459,"date":"2005-08-29T14:08:04","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T04:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2005-08-29T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2005-08-29T04:08:04","slug":"stillhqcom-did-i-mention-that-apple-service-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/29\/stillhqcom-did-i-mention-that-apple-service-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"stillhq.com – Did I mention that Apple service sucks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

stillhq.com – Did I mention that Apple service sucks?<\/a><\/p>\n

I totally empathise with Mikal on this one. My adventures with Apple<\/a> service has been interesting. Although I’ve usually gotten better result out of being persistent and a giant pain in the arse (I honestly feel sorry for anyone who gets me on the other end of the phone or across the desk at a service center).<\/p>\n

I refuse to buy a Dell<\/a> due to the general crappiness of their laptop hardware – although their service seems to be pretty good, which almost makes up for it…. almost…<\/p>\n

The problem I have with the IBM<\/a>s is that it seems difficult to get a high resolution screen while staying afordable and not weighing a ton (this goes for most PC laptop manufacturers).<\/p>\n

At the moment I’m looking at an Asus. I just want to find somewhere that’ll sell it to me with enough (1.5GB+) RAM without me having to dispose of a 512MB stick that I didn’t want in the first place. Ideally, it’d come with a 1GB stick and a free slot (and take the same memory as my current PowerBook so i could swap my existing 1GB stick in).<\/p>\n

Oh, and avoiding the MS tax would be nice.<\/p>\n

Anyone have any experience with Asus service?<\/p>\n

Oh, and Mikal – ring them every day<\/b> (at least) to check out how it’s going and complain at them. Be annoying. Make them hate you – point out that the easy way to make you happy is to swap it for a functioning one. Ring Apple as well. Oh, and only<\/b> ever talk to the manager – or the highest person available at the time.<\/p>\n

good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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