Re: Superdrive repair

[bsherman@umbio.med.miami.edu (Bob Sherman)]

mnementh@netcom.com (David R. Villegas) writes:
: 
: I found the following article on comp.sys.mac.hardware and am reposting it
: here with the author's permission:
: 
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: 
: MACINTOSH FLOPPY DRIVE REPAIR
: (c) 1994 Peter Zelchenko (pete@chinet.com)
: 
: The Apple SuperDrive, based on Sony's MFD-75W mechanism, is specialized 
: in that it can read and write 400K and 800K disks as well as 1.44 MB 
: floppies.  The drive itself is available only from Apple (Sony will sell 
: you neither the drive nor its components because they are under contract 
: with Apple).  Apple, of course, will not sell components for the drive. 
: If there is so much as a speck of dust in the wrong place, your Value 
: Added Reseller will charge nearly $300 to replace the drive.  Compared to 
: the PC world, where you can install a brand-new drive for as low as $30, 
: this is clearly highway robbery, even taking into account the uniqueness 
: of the drive.  Apple's stand on this is that they don't produce the 
: SuperDrive in enough volume to sell it for a reasonable price.  Pshyeah.

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Wait just a moment, there is a much cheaper way of doing things, and
it applies to Apple as well as Mac computers.. It is called Apple Care..
For a few $$$$ per year per superdrive or any Apple 3.5 drive it is
fully covered for such type problems.. Get a problem with a covered
drive, just bring it to your nearest Apple dealer, and it will be
fixed for FREE, yup, thats right, at NO COST for each and every
repair, so will any such covered Apple made computer etc.... I don't
think it's ever too late to purchase Apple Care, as long as everything 
is working properly at the time you get it.... It's an option, you
don't have to purchase it, however if you don't, then don't cry when
it costs $300 to change out a broken drive, or a motherboard, or 
power supply or whatever...