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Mac Repairs in Brighton - Recommendations?



Gilliver's Travels

Gilliver's Travels

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Jul 5, 2003
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Brighton Marina Village
My other half's MacBook Pro has a charging/battery problem. Black x inside battery icon, powers off if mag cable connector unplugged.

To avoid the dreaded Apple Store and iWateringBill (TM) experience, who would NSC's finest recommend to take a look and fix this?
 




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murraymints4brighton

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Aug 12, 2008
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Some mysterious land that might be Bangkok but pro
There is a shop on Queens road, think it is simply called the 'lap top repair shop' or something like that. Its just past the Yamaha keyboard shop on the right hand side if you are walking towards the station. None computer related but took my I-Phone in there having dropped it on the floor at work, Apple shop announced it to be deceased whereas the guy's in the lap top shop had it fixed in about 45 minutes for around £30.

They would definitely be worth a try.
 


Grombleton

Grombleton

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Dec 31, 2011
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I know it isn't Brighton (i don't know if you're willing/able to travel) but I've taken mine to the Laptop Workshop in Worthing and they've been great both times. A hell of a lot cheaper than going through Apple or any of their resellers (Solutions Inc, etc).
 




Southover Street Seagull

Southover Street Seagull

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Jul 5, 2003
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The Mac Man is up the road from me in Quebec Street in Brighton. I have no experience of them, so cannot recommend them, just letting you know of another Mac repairer.
 






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virtual22

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Nov 30, 2010
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clippedgull said:
Another option.....

http://www.rh-computers.com (Hove)
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I have used this company for an under warranty repair as the apple store could not fit me in for weeks, and that was just to look at it. Robert the owner was amazing, he looked at it, let me take away the laptop whilst the part arrived (which others would not do) then I took it back when the part was in and they did it that afternoon, picked it up in the evening all fixed. Was really good service, well impressed.
 


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1123581321

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Aug 4, 2011
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Depends if the problem is just a battery replacement and it's one of the old style models. That's just a simple swap, very easy. If it's a new style one and out of warranty, bad luck. New motherboard beckons!
 




Gilliver's Travels

Gilliver's Travels

Peripatetic
Jul 5, 2003
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Brighton Marina Village
1123581321 said:
Depends if the problem is just a battery replacement and it's one of the old style models. That's just a simple swap, very easy. If it's a new style one and out of warranty, bad luck. New motherboard beckons!
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Thanks for that! It's around six years old and I replaced the battery March 2012. It's been on mains connection most of its life, so I had imagined the battery would still be okay. Maybe not...?
 




blue'n'white

blue'n'white

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Oct 5, 2005
3,082
2nd runway at Gatwick
I recommend "Purplemac" who are in Worth near Crawley. I had a problem with mine last Christmas. They picked it up on 23/12/13, let me know what the problem was that day and had it back to me on 27/12/13. Great service.
Phone number is 01293 534428 and they collect
 


DavidinSouthampton

DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
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Lots of dry-cleaners these days do repairs and alterations if the OP was talking about the other sort of mac.
 


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