PILOT Inspektor?!.....Apple announced today that it is launching PILOT program to repair soon to be 'vintage' iMacs....-

[NewtonMP2100]

.....in the U.S.....


Apple Launching Pilot Program Allowing Repairs of Soon-to-Be Vintage Mid 2011 iMac in United States

....Apple today internally announced it is launching a new pilot program that will permit Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers to continue offering repair service for 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac models released in mid 2011, despite the fact they will be classified as vintage starting next month.

The pilot program will be available in the United States only between March 1, 2018 and August 31, 2018, subject to parts availability from Apple, according to the company's internal memo obtained by MacRumors. After the pilot ends, repairs will only be available in California and Turkey, as required by law.

Apple and Authorized Service Providers can usually repair an iMac's display and hinge, logic board, graphics card, hard drive or SSD, power supply, and other components, although the exact availability of replacement parts remains to be seen. It's unclear if RAM and storage upgrades will continue to be offered.

Apple typically offers repairs and replacement parts for a Mac until five years after it is no longer manufactured. Mid 2011 iMac models are now approaching this cutoff, as the last education-only configuration was discontinued in March 2013, but these machines will now remain eligible for service for an additional six months.

Apple didn't specify if the pilot program will eventually expand to other vintage products, or whether it will be available outside of the United States.


pilot program.............?!

[Bernie]

i was thinking about picking one up from OWC.

[OWC Jamie]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....in the U.S.....
but these machines will now remain eligible for service for an additional six months.

sounds like they have half a warehouse of available parts to dispose of.

[Speedy]

billb wrote:
[quote=NewtonMP2100]
.....in the U.S.....
but these machines will now remain eligible for service for an additional six months.

sounds like they have half a warehouse of available parts to dispose of.
Exactly my thought. I don't know if this is the 2011 model that has the bad video or not, or the bad display that gets discolored.

[MrNoBody]

billb wrote:
[quote=NewtonMP2100]
.....in the U.S.....
but these machines will now remain eligible for service for an additional six months.

sounds like they have half a warehouse of available parts to dispose of.
:agree:
better to get list price vs. liquidation < cost :thumbsup:

[JoeH]

The 2011 had the Radeon 6000 series video cards, a number of them failed early due to heat problems.

[Lew Zealand]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=billb]
[quote=NewtonMP2100]
.....in the U.S.....
but these machines will now remain eligible for service for an additional six months.

sounds like they have half a warehouse of available parts to dispose of.
Exactly my thought. I don't know if this is the 2011 model that has the bad video or not, or the bad display that gets discolored.
The discolored display iMacs were the first round of 27" models, from 2009 and 2010.

[cbelt3]

Heh... I still remember the scene at the Apple Store about 8 years ago when a nice lady brought a Mac + to the genius bar because the 800K floppy drive wasn't working. I suggested the LEM swap list. The Genius was born a few years after the Mac + was built and had no idea what to think. She was running Aldus Pagemaker on it.

[bazookaman]

[Don C]

I am typing on a 21.5" mid 2011 iMac that I got from our sponsor not too long ago. I have some mottling on the upper right portion of the screen. Doesn't really bother me beyond it just being there. Wonder if this repair extension would address that.

(Instead of white, that portion of the screen has a very light grey which forms a solid triangle in the corner feathering do which a few inches down the screen. iMac came that way.)