I fail to see how "damage" to the ethernet port that leaves the thing functional can cause my computer to essentially be a BRICK.
I bet one of their techs spilled a diet Coke into it.
Anyway, the logic of their repair pricing mystifies me.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
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tommyrot - Oct 03, 2006 4:22:53 pm PDT #9115 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Polter-Cow - Oct 03, 2006 4:50:09 pm PDT #9116 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, although I'd assign it to something higher, like R: or S:, instead of G:
I changed the H: to K: and then activated the drive, and no difference. It won't give it a letter.
The guy I'm borrowing it from is looking for the CD that came with it to see if it has a special driver for Win2K or something, although Windows Update is telling me I have the latest one.
Kristen - Oct 03, 2006 4:50:56 pm PDT #9117 of 10003
So I came home today to find a package containing the replacement battery for my potentially explosive powerbook battery (which was, in fact, a replacement battery itself for the original potential fire hazard powerbook battery). I was excited for all of 12 seconds until I noticed that the new new battery is damaged.
It seems bad batteries come in threes.
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2006 6:38:19 am PDT #9118 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is it any easier to replace the hard drive of a new MacBook than, say, a G3 iBook? For the iBook it was a PITA, but I thought I head that it'd be much easier for the MacBook.
eta: I suppose I should learn to google before asking: [link]
First on AI: Owners of Apple Computer's new MacBook consumer notebooks will find that upgrading or replacing the computer's hard disk is as simple as adding more memory.
Yay!
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2006 5:26:38 pm PDT #9119 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't suppose anyone wants to buy my Apple Cube and LCD monitor?
There's an Apple store that takes trade-ins - think I'll trade the Cube and monitor for a new MacBook or MacBook Pro, unless someone here wants them.
DCJensen - Oct 04, 2006 6:09:28 pm PDT #9120 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
If you don't tell Andi I asked, how much?
:)
tommyrot - Oct 04, 2006 6:27:15 pm PDT #9121 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm selling:
- 17" Apple Studio Display (with USB ports, Apple digital video - I forget what that's called) 1280x1024
Cube:
- 450 mhz G4
- 120 GB HD
- 1088 Meg RAM (512, 512, 64)
- USB speakers
- DVD/CD ROM
- Internal modem and Ethernet
- 2 USB, 1 Firewire
- OS X 10.3.9
- 1 small case imperfection
I'm willing to sell for less than what this stuff would go for on eBay, because I'm sure I'd get less than eBay $ on a trade-in.
So, maybe $130 for the monitor, $220 for the cube, plus shipping.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 05, 2006 6:49:42 am PDT #9122 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
tommy- If Daniel isn't interested, I may be, as my home computer has completely shit the bed.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2006 12:35:24 pm PDT #9123 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That would be cool! Let me know if you have any questions - it really is a nice computer system - it was just too expensive and not expandable enough in its day. But now you can upgrade the CPU to 1.7 Ghz G4 dual-processors: [link]
Sheryl - Oct 05, 2006 1:19:49 pm PDT #9124 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Looking for some help from the hivemind...
I'd like to buy a PDA to keep a calendar and various lists on. I've looked at Palm's PDAs and found one problem: I wouldn't be able to sync up with my home computer. See, my home computer is an old iMac running OS 9.0.4. I could upgrade it to 9.2.2, but no further. The Palm Desktop needs OS X in some form, and there are apparently no earlier versions of the Desktop that work with the current PDAs.
That being said, is it going to hurt me to not be able to sync the PDA with my computer? If so, what can I do, short of buying a new computer?
Thanks.