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<blockquote data-quote="Graham Wakefield" data-source="post: 39461" data-attributes="member: 17">Re: NEW laptop computer suggestions...Speaking as someone who has a macbook pro from 2009 that has lived a toughbook style life complete with dents and dings, if you have applecare you will be fine. Apple has rebuilt the lower half of my computer complete with dents in the bottom of the case, the back of the screen, etc with no questions. If you are out of warranty and you need a battery replacement, about 15 minutes in an apple store and you are set for about $75 or $100 for one with a 1 YR warranty on the battery, and you can replace it yourself or have apple replace it (they do it in the store right then). You are allowed to open one of the unibody&#039;s and change memory/swap drives without voiding warranty, however apple will not support anything you swap in, so if you want to send the computer back you will have to either pull the swapped stuff out or know that apple wont support the hardwareWhen I do buy PC&#039;s i do buy Lennovo. They work well, stand up to abuse, and are easy to work on if the worst happens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graham Wakefield, post: 39461, member: 17"] Re: NEW laptop computer suggestions... Speaking as someone who has a macbook pro from 2009 that has lived a toughbook style life complete with dents and dings, if you have applecare you will be fine. Apple has rebuilt the lower half of my computer complete with dents in the bottom of the case, the back of the screen, etc with no questions. If you are out of warranty and you need a battery replacement, about 15 minutes in an apple store and you are set for about $75 or $100 for one with a 1 YR warranty on the battery, and you can replace it yourself or have apple replace it (they do it in the store right then). You are allowed to open one of the unibody's and change memory/swap drives without voiding warranty, however apple will not support anything you swap in, so if you want to send the computer back you will have to either pull the swapped stuff out or know that apple wont support the hardware When I do buy PC's i do buy Lennovo. They work well, stand up to abuse, and are easy to work on if the worst happens. [/QUOTE]

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