iBook Woes

Today, as luck would have it, my wife’s iBook has finally given up the ghost. Most certainly something to do with a recent drop it sustained, her iBook is apparently suffering from a bad power connection which means another trip to the arrogance capital of the world - our local Mac retailer. Now normally, I would point out that the Apple folks are a helpful lot. Quick with a kind word or helpful suggestion when using their products. Unfortunately, this does not seem to apply with select retailers specializing in Apple gear. So this certainly does limit my localized replacement options to be sure.

For now, she will be alright as she has access to her Mini. However at some point, she is going to want to jump off of that Mini and regain connectivity with the wireless masses which means the purchase of a new Macbook. One thing I can tell you, we’ll be buying off of the website when or if this day comes. While she will be needing to have a portable Mac option soon thanks in part to her return to school in Sept, looking forward to spending a heap of cash on a new Mac I am not. Right, enough of the Yoda speak…

Now some of you may be wondering why the Mac is the only option here? Surely there is an old notebook laying around the house that can be used instead, right? As luck would have it, she is taking courses that involve Mac use exclusively, so offering her a cheap Linux notebook is simply not an option. Oh well, at least we believe her data is safe and will again, backed up for once we crack that old iBook open.

Even though she is fairly bent out of shape over this mess, I just keep pointing out that at least the data is alright. And for the most part, this seems to have helped calmed some already frazzled nerves.

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