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The Business Blog at Intuitive.com
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Dave Taylor has been involved with the online world since 1980 and
is recognized globally as an expert on both technical and business
issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related
startup companies, has written twenty business and technical books and holds both an MBA and MS Ed.
He's a columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera and
Linux Journal and frequently appears
in other publications both online and in print.
Additionally, Dave maintains four weblogs:
The Business Blog at Intuitive.com,
Ask Dave Taylor,
Dave On Film,
and
GoFahterhood.
Based in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, Dave is an award-winning speaker, sought after conference and workshop participant and
frequent guest on radio and podcast programs, as well as active member of
his community and busy single father to three children.
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I think my hardware karma has gone to zero
Oh, what a week. First my brand-new dual 1.8Ghz G5 PowerMac started having random kernel panics (Apple has replaced the logic board, and it's still messed up. Now they're sending me new RAM to try), then my wife's ancient Lombard PowerBook suddenly stopped seeing the power adapter. But, to top it off, last night, as if the very fates were laughing at me, my Titanium Powerbook slipped off my desk and hit the floor at just the right angle to snap the hinge.So I did what any self-respecting Mac guy would do: I went to the local service place (The Mac Shack, in this case) and asked them about fixes for the two laptops...
There was the proverbial good news and bad news. The good news is that my wife's older Lombard PowerBook can be fixed for around $100, which is important because the story on my own laptop is not as good. It turns out that the way that the hinge works on the Titanium PowerBook means that essentially the only way to fix it is to replace the entire screen and screen assembly. That's over $1000 just for parts.
So today I'm buying myself a new laptop. And wondering if I'll get my G5 working soon.
But on the bright side, my old laptop was getting a bit dusty... :-)
what speed/model is the 'book? I have a client that has a water damaged lower portion and may be interested in acquiring the bottom of your book.
Posted by: Jon Thompson on March 18, 2004 11:47 AMLet's talk, Jon. ;-)
Posted by: Dave Taylor on March 18, 2004 2:05 PMDave, it's funny you mention that...I just destroyed the hinges on my TiBook this Sunday. It was on the counter and slipped, fell straight open, sheared the left hinge entirely. Ouch. Display's still good. Thankfully our President just gave us his back to be replaced with a brand new 15", so I just transfered HD and Memory, poof it works.
Phew.
Posted by: Tom Bridge on March 18, 2004 2:08 PMYou should be able to get TiBook replacement hinges a bit cheaper. Try googling "tibook hinges" or just look at this link:
http://www.lowendmac.com/bookrev/02/0927.html#27
Matthew Smith
Posted by: SuperMatt on March 19, 2004 6:47 PMThanks for the link, Matthew, but I've already transitioned into a new Aluminum PowerBook, a 1Ghz G4, and, well, I'm not complaining. I traded my busted TiBook to the local repair place and they've fixed my wife's PB and are giving me 1GB of RAM - installed - on my new unit in return. So it goes... :-)
Posted by: Dave Taylor on March 19, 2004 9:02 PM
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