I have an advent laptop but over month ago a faulty iphone lighting cable sparked while inserted into my laptop and destroyed the laptop. I rang apple and told them that there was a problem with my cable and that my laptop won't turn on now. I sent pictures of the cable to worker for apple and he then sent out an envelope for me to send the cable over to them. After about 2 weeks i received the cable and i got a call from another worker sayin that the case was put into his hands while the original worker was away. He then asked me if i received the new cable and i told him i did, i then mentioned to him about the old cable breaking my laptop and he said he never heard of it. He then told me he would have to send the cable away to america for further investigation, so i was ok with that. He then comes back to me a month later and tells me that my case is being sent to another worker who deals with that sort of issue. She then asks me to send her pictures of the laptop so i did. She rang back two days later and tells me that all she can do is give me a voucher for apple. I don't think that this is acceptable? I'm starting collage in a month studying computer science, i need a laptop! And the fact that it took a full month or more of having no laptop to be told i won't even get a repair because my laptop isn't an apple product? What can i do? Help!
Added (1). But why should i have to pay for something thats there fault, many of my friends have an iphone 5 and said their cables are constantly breaking, i think its a joke that they can see that there was a problem with the cable and send out a new one but when it comes to something more expensive they can't do anything about it? I need a laptop and the voucher that saves me x% is useless when buying apple computers because i won't be able to afford one either way?