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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / June 2006Repair lifetime of an iBook
Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains the capability to repair old machines? My 4 year old iBook G3 700 still seems to be beating the odds given the notorious failures to which this model is susceptible and I've grown quite attached to it. I'm curious about what the repair prospects might be in the future when my luck runs out. Thanks. -Steve > Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains > the capability to repair old machines? My 4 year old [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Steve It typically becomes uneconomical to look to Apple for repairs long before Apple stops offering them. eBay's completed items show prices for similar machines (in the USA) between $350-$450. IIRC, Apple's repairs are flat rate. What's the rate for your iBook?  SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk. >> Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains >> the capability to repair old machines? My 4 year old [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > between $350-$450. IIRC, Apple's repairs are flat rate. What's the rate > for your iBook? I just had my iBook 366 fixed, screen, HD, logic board and ram, the cost was $399.00. What was strange all it went in for was the screen. We did a Firewire test before and eveything was fine. SignatureThe only good spammer is a dead one!! Have you hunted one down today? (c) 2006 I Kill Spammers, inc, A Rot in Hell. Co. > It typically becomes uneconomical to look to Apple for repairs long > before Apple stops offering them. > eBay's completed items show prices for similar machines (in the USA) > between $350-$450. IIRC, Apple's repairs are flat rate. What's the rate > for your iBook? Yeah, I realize an Apple repair won't be cheap. I was just curious about how long it would even be possible. When the time comes, I guess I'll have to weigh the pros and cons of an "official" (but expensive!) repair vs. buying someone else's problems on eBay vs. parting out a second hand machine and diving into the reportedly non-trivial task of working on it myself. Maybe I'll get really lucky and the iBook will just keep going and going and going... In any case, thanks for your response. -Steve > > It typically becomes uneconomical to look to Apple for repairs long > > before Apple stops offering them. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -Steve Yeah, it's a tough decision to make. I decided to part out my Pismo after it blew its CPU (still got the case lower, make me an offer! ;-) instead of replacing the CPU or upgrading it to a G4. I managed to recover about what the working machine was worth by selling parts, so I was satisfied (and I bought a 15" AlBook to replace it). I'm pretty handy, so diving into a portable would be something that I'd not flinch (much) at. If you're not handy, then it basically comes down to repairs or put that money towards a new machine. In a year or so, your money (repairs will likely still run around $400) would probably buy you a modestly better machine, and your chances of running into problems (outside of fraud) would be largely the same, IMO. fwiw SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk. > Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains > the capability to repair old machines? My 4 year old [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Steve Hi, You have options, either get parts, or send it in for repair: ifixit.com techrestore.com pbfixit.com pbparts.com powerbookmedic.com macsservice.com powerbookresQ.com microdocusa.com Just a few, there are many more. Just Google or see also, apple.com/discussions and everymac.com, macworld.com,macfixit.com, lowendmac.com Cali >> Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains >> the capability to repair old machines? ... > You have options, either get parts, or send it in for repair: > ifixit.com > techrestore.com [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > powerbookresQ.com > microdocusa.com > Just a few, there are many more. Just Google or see also, > apple.com/discussions and > everymac.com, macworld.com,macfixit.com, lowendmac.com Thanks much for the pointers! -Steve > Anyone have a ballpark idea for how long Apple maintains > the capability to repair old machines? I think there's a legal requirement for 7 years. SignatureBarry Barry@netbox.com ------ (I should put something down here). |
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