Theo, how soon do you need the laptop? I have a MacBook with a broken screen I could repair, but obviously that's gonna take at least a few days. Plus the battery isn't in great shape, so if ND comes through I'd take him up on it instead.
Doesn't winter seem more like archiving season?
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tommyrot - Feb 24, 2011 2:40:46 pm PST #16132 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
omnis_audis - Feb 25, 2011 12:34:07 am PST #16133 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
update:
One of the students came by right after I posted. We connected his laptop to mine, put mine in disk mode, and did the disk utility and disk warrior thing. The laptop passed all the hardware tests. But it still won't boot from the optical drive. Most interesting. We noticed when booting in verbose mode, that there is a line in the firmware from the university. Couldn't tell what it was, but I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
I mentioned to IT about the no boot from optical. We shall see what they say. And I'll see how it behaves, now that the directory is all cleaned up. I'm wondering if it's due to putting it to sleep so much, and rarely shutting down. So I will endeavor to shut down at nights instead of sleeping it.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2011 4:46:28 pm PST #16134 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
If I buy a laptop with a 1080p screen but no blu-ray drive, or a blu-ray drive but no 1080p screen, those are both kinda pointless to me, right?
Jessica - Feb 26, 2011 5:17:40 am PST #16135 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
How much is instant gratification worth? My Mac Mini arrived today, but it turns out that what I thought was a spare HDMI cable is actually an HDMI-mini HDMI cable, and therefore not very useful. So do I order a cheap one from Amazon and get it on Monday or Tuesday, or go to Target and buy one RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW RIGHT NOW?
(Okay, Amazon's prices are between $3-9 for a 6ft cable, and I have Amazon Prime so shipping is free. The cheapest 6ft cable on target.com is $30. That's a pretty steep premium to pay for 36 hours of extra play-with-new-toy time. Damnit.)
DCJensen - Feb 26, 2011 6:39:10 am PST #16136 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jessica, any chance the Staples or Mac Support store near you has better prices? It looks like Radio Shack near you is worse than Target.
Unless of course you've moved, then myGoogle-fu is way off.
Jessica - Feb 26, 2011 6:56:54 am PST #16137 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not really, no. I'm not interested in a trip to Manhattan today.
Ginger - Feb 26, 2011 6:56:56 am PST #16138 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What about a Radio Shack?
Jessica - Feb 26, 2011 7:00:37 am PST #16139 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Honestly, I've never seen cables in any brick & mortar store that could match internet prices.
(Heh - and yes, I have moved from the address it looks like you're centered on. Not too terribly far, but far enough to make it an annoying trip on public transit.)
DCJensen - Feb 26, 2011 7:00:58 am PST #16140 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Hmm, If the store carries them, Maybe you CAN get this cable for $12 at a nearby Radio Shack... [link]
DCJensen - Feb 26, 2011 7:02:08 am PST #16141 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Alas, Google-fu is tripped up by RL events and moves.
Heh.