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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan92RTTT View Post
    SHaun, his site is showing the full version again. Check the page again and read some of his other pages on this issue/suit.
    I had some extra time tonight to sit down and look over the guy's site a bit more.

    This little gem stood out to me:

    Quote Originally Posted by Alan92RTTT View Post
    While holding up the press release outlining the 8600GT replacement program, they claimed that, because the CPU in my MacBook Pro was clocked at 2.6Ghz, and not 2.4Ghz, or 2.5Ghz as stated in the release, that I had a completely different computer … one that was not subject to the 4 year replacement program.

    You see, when I ordered my MacBook Pro, I paid about $300 extra for them to up-clock the chip from 2.5Ghz to 2.6Ghz.
    Something doesn't add up here.

    What this guy is failing to realize is that Apple received a bad batch of NVIDIA graphic cards. NVIDIA denied that it applied to the ones Apple received. Apple didn't believe them and ultimately spent their own time and money to look into it on behalf of their customers:

    Quote Originally Posted by http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
    In July 2008, NVIDIA publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to a packaging defect. At that same time, NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected. However, after an Apple-led investigation, Apple has determined that some MacBook Pro computers with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor may be affected.
    Some MacBook Pro's were affected, and I'm sure Apple has the technology and records to figure out exactly which computers these affected chips went into:

    Quote Originally Posted by http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
    MacBook Pro (17-Inch, 2.4GHz T8300)
    MacBook Pro (15-Inch, 2.4GHz T7700 and 2.2GHz T7500)
    MacBook Pro (Early 2008)
    Based on everything this guy has confessed, it is clear he owned the 17-Inch, 2.6GHz T7800 or T9500, neither of which are documented as having graphic cards from the faulty batch.

    As I said earlier, this guy isn't telling the full truth (which wouldn't surprise me, as that may not generate nearly as many hits on his site). But if we can't believe bloggers, who can we believe?
    Last edited by stealthify; 04-19-2012 at 06:04 AM.

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