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Re: Qwest DSL
Just found out, Best Buy is going to start selling an Actiontec modem next week. Just the same as the one Qwest sends out, with a couple of exceptions:
No wireless $69.95 (but there are 2 different rebates, a $65 from Best Buy and a $5 from Actiontec, making it only cost, basically, the tax.)
Sounds like I should wait a week....
Yeah, if you don't need the wireless, get a free modem instead. But remember to place the order thru me for the service.
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Just got a warning in the mail that the warranty on my Powerbook is about to be over, and did I want to buy the extra two years of AppleCare?
Not sure how helpful this is, but I just got AppleCare for my Powerbook. I got in just before the one year deadline. I had a problem with the screen on my last powerbook, but I didn't have AppleCare. It worked out okay for me that time, but convinced me to be sure to buy it in the future. My brother, who is a university IT guy, always recommends AppleCare for laptops since they get carried around so much.
As a student, I think I got it somewhere around the price ND got.
Gandalfe, send me an email to dcjensen at mac dot com with info on what you are referring to as to discount.
Apple iBook and PowerBook portables have the fewest reports of repairs and the best technical support of any laptop PC on the market today, according to the March issue of Consumer Reports magazine.As for technical support for laptops, Apple got a readers score of 84, making it the highest of any PC manufacturer. It received a "better" ranking in problem solving by phone technical support, the shortest time waiting on the phone, knowledgeable phone staff and Web-based support. In second was IBM with a score of 69.
t does dance of joy with my new iBook and its low report of repairs and excellent customer support
So now would not be the time to mention that my Powerbook has to go in for the second time in a year?
Law of averages, man....
Of the seven Macs I've purchased for my workplace since 1988, four have needed major servicing within three years of purchase. OTOH, my old Powerbook 500C still runs fine, according to the friend I gave it to six years ago.