10-22-2012, 04:16 PM
The Genius said he didn't have any say over whether I was charged. He verified the Nvidia failure and when he entered it into the system, it calculated the repair cost ($310 vs $0) automatically based on the date of sale. That's why I think I will be paying. The Genius said there was a small chance the repair depot would cover it if they saw something unusual in the failure but probably not.
I also called Apple earlier when it was having intermittent problems and they said it wasn't covered.
Sure, I would rather get a nice new i7 quad. But at this point, I'd rather pay less and limp along with my old machine for a while longer. I also have some software on it that I wasn't able to deauthorize (when the video card fails, it doesn't work with an external monitor either).
I also called Apple earlier when it was having intermittent problems and they said it wasn't covered.
Sure, I would rather get a nice new i7 quad. But at this point, I'd rather pay less and limp along with my old machine for a while longer. I also have some software on it that I wasn't able to deauthorize (when the video card fails, it doesn't work with an external monitor either).