The Gadget Blog » iMac http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog Gadget News - Gadget Reviews - Gadget Tech Specs Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Smoking Bad for Macs too, Voids AppleCare http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/smoking-bad-for-macs-too-voids-applecare/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/smoking-bad-for-macs-too-voids-applecare/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:02 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/smoking-bad-for-macs-too-voids-applecare/ Post from: The Gadget Blog

]]> Looks like Apple Computers is giving smokers another reason to kick the killer habit. According to The Consumerist, two customers found their AppleCare warranties voided, due to contamination from cigarette smoke! The fact that smoking is bad is common sense, but electronics failing because of secondhand smoke? Preposterous!

Well, maybe not. Apple may have good reason refusing warranty repairs to the computers of smokers, as proven by one of the customers who have his warranty money rendered useless: “[Steve] Jobs’ office did not help Derek, but he resolved some of the problems himself by disassembling his Macbook and cleaning it out with a can of compressed air.” Maybe it’s not the smoke, but the inevitable ash that flies around in a smoker’s environment.

Still, the least Apple could’ve done was state clearly within the AppleCare agreement that smoking may void the warranty. Apple’s protection program isn’t exactly cheap, and the company should at least make it even more clear what kind of activities will affect the warranty. Especially as it rolls out its own Black Friday promos.Source

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/smoking-bad-for-macs-too-voids-applecare/feed/ 0 Apple Laptop and Desktop Black Friday Promo http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/apple-laptop-and-desktop-black-friday-promo/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/apple-laptop-and-desktop-black-friday-promo/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:30:57 +0000 Rico Mossesgeld http://www.thegadgetblog.com/2008/11/27/apple-laptop-and-desktop-black-friday-promo/ Post from: The Gadget Blog

]]> Despite all the iPhone hate, Apple’s laptops deserve all that love. Same with its desktops. Check out what retailers are planning to offer come Black Friday, which is tomorrow:


Current Model Retail MacMall BestBuy Amazon
13″ White MacBook $999 -$100 -$100 -$81
13″ 2GHz MacBook $1299 -$119 -$100 -$79
13″ 2.4GHz MacBook $1599 -$149 -$150 -$129
15″ 2.4GHz MB Pro $1999 -$200 -$100 -$200
15″ 2.5Ghz MB Pro $2499 -$250 -$100 -$210
17″ 2.5GHz MB Pro $2799 -$250 -$100 -$105
1.6GHz MacBook Air $1799 -$149 -$150 -$55
1.8GHz SSD MacBook Air $2499 -$179 -$150 -$129
20″ 2.4GHz iMac $1199 -$119 -$100 -$69
20″ 2.6GHz iMac $1499 -$129 -$100 -$80
24″ 2.8GHz iMac $1799 -$159 -$150 -$119
24″ 3.06GHz iMac $2199 -$159 — —
Mac Pro 2.8GHz $2799 -$250 -$150 -$174



Note: MacMall and Amazon’s prices take into account the mail-in rebate.

Source: Mac Rumors

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