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Macbook air ssd sucks! (bad warranty too)
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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1361161" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>Where is apple care $400 for a Macbook Air? Apple has it for $249 and you can buy it cheaper elsewhere like Amazon. Lucky for you it is an older Air where you can actually replace the drives. The newer Airs - everything is soldered to the board.</p><p></p><p>My rule of thumb on warranties is - if it is something that gets moved around at all - buy the warranty. If after 3 years it breaks - you got good use out of it - and newer stuff will catch your eye anyway.</p><p></p><p>You could see who makes the drive - they may be willing to replace the drive for you if you call the drive manufacturer directly.</p><p></p><p>Honestly - the drive is the first thing I've replaced in my MBP (not air) - and I don't consider it part of the warranty because they fail so often. It is also part of the reason I switched to Mac - the Time Machine backup is super easy and I can just restore my computer if I replace a drive. </p><p></p><p>OWC is a great place to buy any Mac hardware. </p><p></p><p>It is good you are pointing it out - everyone thinks SSDs are indestructible but even though there are no moving parts - they can still fail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1361161, member: 145676"] Where is apple care $400 for a Macbook Air? Apple has it for $249 and you can buy it cheaper elsewhere like Amazon. Lucky for you it is an older Air where you can actually replace the drives. The newer Airs - everything is soldered to the board. My rule of thumb on warranties is - if it is something that gets moved around at all - buy the warranty. If after 3 years it breaks - you got good use out of it - and newer stuff will catch your eye anyway. You could see who makes the drive - they may be willing to replace the drive for you if you call the drive manufacturer directly. Honestly - the drive is the first thing I've replaced in my MBP (not air) - and I don't consider it part of the warranty because they fail so often. It is also part of the reason I switched to Mac - the Time Machine backup is super easy and I can just restore my computer if I replace a drive. OWC is a great place to buy any Mac hardware. It is good you are pointing it out - everyone thinks SSDs are indestructible but even though there are no moving parts - they can still fail. [/QUOTE]
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