according to the portuguese law (i believe it’s a european law), when a device malfunctions during the guarantee
and you take it back to the shop for repair, the shop has to return it to you in a maximum of 30 days or, you’ll be
refunded: the device will be replaced imediately by a brand new one, or if they don’t have that device anymore you
get your money back.
that’s what happened to me. after 37 days of waiting, i went back to the shop and got a brand new computer.
my computer was 15 months old, they didn’t had the exact same model so, i had a credit of 1300€…
i needed a laptop anyways and since “once you go mac, you never go back”, i got myself another apple.
the old one was a 1.8ghz with a 80gb hard drive. one and a half year later, i got for the same price a 2.6ghz with
a 250gb hard drive, brand new with another 2 years guarantee… i was lazy but lucky
this time i joined “the dark side of the force”.