... which paid me back well over the last month with a new logic board, new battery, and two new fans.
What happened? The fans, logic board? Did the 2011 turn into yet another flamethrower? I assume the repair program began before Applecare ran out. Does your issue effect the 2012?
I'm pretty tolerant of minor problems, but when I'm 30 days from leaving warranty, I tend to get a bit more fussy. In this case, both fans had been grumbling for months, but neither had stopped or really slowed down much. A couple months ago I found my battery was suddenly powering down my computer when run on battery for over an hour and its state in ASP had changed to "service battery". (with a cycle count well under 300) But the final straw was that last week where my computer started hard-freezing. It quickly got to the point of not being able to boot up, so it went into the shop for a laundry list. So I just had them do it all at once.
