[P1] Equipping new iBook G4

[David Harris]

On Monday, November 24, 2003, at 06:44  PM, david wrote:

> On 11/24/03 2:27 PM, "Peter Nacken" <caipirina at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Gang and happy anniversary .. I have been on this list now for 3 
>> years
>> (and with mac computers) and I still feel like a newbie :)
>>
>> Anyhoo ... We want to buy a new iBook G4 for my wife .. With airport 
>> and
>> extra ram ... Now .. We will be traveling around a lot when we get to 
>> the US
>> . So I wonder if anyone knows if these kind of extra installations 
>> can be
>> done in-store while-you-wait ... (as I get it, the new airport card 
>> is not a
>> self install .. Not sure about ram)
>>
>> One pal told me that one apple store asked for 80$ to install the 
>> airport
>> card, which I find outrageous ... The apple website does not indicate
>> anything like that .
>>
> The Apple store does charge for installation of items like memory, 
> airport
> cards etc. The price varies according to what is being installed and 
> how
> many things are being installed. However I've seen stores wave the
> installation fee when customers remonstrated firmly but politely.
>
> david

I  was fortunate.  I had my two-year old daughter with me and the 
Technician cut me a brake for installing my new keyboard in my 700 Mhz 
iBook.

David H