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Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

CODIFEROUS — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:29:16 EDT

That happened to my MagSafe charge for the MB. I'm on my second one now, probably on the verge for a 3rd.

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

jamar0303 — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:44:00 EDT

@mullingitover: That's why I run 10.4.10 on my Panasonic laptop- the hardware may be overpriced, but they really have something there with the software.

jamar0303

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

pradster — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:14:57 EDT

so how many hundred dollars is the payout considering the huge market share?

pradster

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

Sleeper_Service — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:54:02 EDT

Apple, it just works.

Until it kills you.

Sleeper_Service

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

vagrant — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:53:25 EDT

I wonder what the lawsuit cost them, as opposed to just paying out in the first place after performing their own tests to decide if the parts were defective?

vagrant

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

mullingitover — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:53:01 EDT

It's a damn shame that to get anything out of Apple you have to take the bastards to court.

I had a defective battery from Apple, got it exchanged, the *second* battery failed, got it exchanged. The *third* battery failed, and Apple helpfully informed me that the last battery only had a 90 day warranty since it was a recall, and I could either buy a new battery or GFY+DIAF.

The power supply failed too, and the fan.

Face it, OS X is a great OS but Apple's quality is slightly worse than Sony and Dell. They're just better at managing it (and capitalizing on it..."Buy AppleCare! Is Awesome! Great Success!").

mullingitover

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

johnnyabnormal — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:17:49 EDT

@nyaz: Most likely, these things are settled using mail outs and/or a link on the Apple home page. Just check apple.com once in a while.

johnnyabnormal

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

nyaz — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:06:40 EDT

Where do I sign up? I have a iBook that I've had to replace the power adapter 3 times now.

nyaz

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

mrsalty — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:58:46 EDT

Yeh, like I still have my receipt. The only ones getting anything are the lawyers...and they don't even need it. What a waste of a life.

mrsalty

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

Vander — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:56:18 EDT

No, flamey.

Vander

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

DeadWriter — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:49:31 EDT

Shocking!

DeadWriter

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

johnnyabnormal — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:47:34 EDT

Sweet. I've had sparks fly out of at least 3 different powerbook power bricks, regardless of how little they were moved or how well they were treated.

johnnyabnormal

Apple's Sparking Power Supply Lawsuit Settled (Verdict: They're Paying)

Daniel Voegelin — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:46:19 EDT

I should be compensated for reading this miserably formatted article.

Daniel Voegelin