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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / July 2004Apple Store Question
Are the brick and mortar Apple Stores (say the one in Indianapolis) able to configure powerbook systems in house? For instance if I want a 12" powerbook with the 80GB drive (instead of 60GB), can will they swap the drive, or are they required to place a special order and wait for it to be shipped? Thanks. No personal experience, but I believe they can add memory and swap out HDD in house. > Are the brick and mortar Apple Stores (say the one in > Indianapolis) able to configure powerbook systems in > house? For instance if I want a 12" powerbook with > the 80GB drive (instead of 60GB), can will they swap > the drive, or are they required to place a special > order and wait for it to be shipped? Thanks. Thanks for the replies. I'm going to stop by the store in Indy tomorrow evening and find out what their in-store policy is. I'll definitely not buy the memory upgrade through apple, especially since they are charging $700 for 1GB when places like crucial are charging in the $300 range. I'm at the Apple Store in Indy right now, and they carry the 80GB drive that I was interested in. So I placed my order for the 12" powerbook w/ 80GB online. In article <80211b-697EEA.14004421072004@newssvr23-ext.news.prodigy.com>, > Are the brick and mortar Apple Stores (say the one in > Indianapolis) able to configure powerbook systems in > house? For instance if I want a 12" powerbook with > the 80GB drive (instead of 60GB), can will they swap > the drive, or are they required to place a special > order and wait for it to be shipped? Thanks. Adding memory yes, because it is a user installable option, they can do that easily as well. But they may charge you more than the factory price. For example, if the Powerbook model you are starting with has all its memory slots filled, then they would have to remove a card to put in your bigger card. They will not credit you for the removed card. They will hand it to you and charge you full price for the card they added. The factory would not have a smaller card to remove in the first place, so you do not pay for the smaller card as well as the larger card. Disks are not considered user installable, so I'm not sure. You could just call them. They will answer questions like that over the phone. However, if they say they can do it, they might also do the same as they do for memory. You buy the Powerbook as configured. You buy an 80GB disk. They install the 80GB disk, and hand you the 60GB disk as a parting gift :-) Of course you could then by a USB/Firewire enclosure for the 60GB and use it as a backup disk. Give them a call. After all, how the Apple store near me works, may be slightly different from Indianapolis, and they could have changed their policy since last November. Bob Harris > Adding memory yes, because it is a user installable option, they can do > that easily as well. But they may charge you more than the factory > price. No "may" to it. They *will* charge you more. RAM is better purchased from an online vendor, such as Crucial, if you are at all confident of your ability to install it yourself.  Signature-Thomas <http://www.bitjuggler.com/> |
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