Major decision point
Jun. 27th, 2005 12:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceagleWhy do these things always happen when money is tight?
You may have read about my macMiseries lately.. with the audio and now the video freeze problems. :<
I haven't been able to do much at all online the last few days, because even with the minimum ram and no airport, I'm still getting the system freezes consistently a few minutes after startup now... *sigh*
Thank goodness I was able to get this older backup machine last year from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yasha_taur ... *whew.. hugs thanksthanks*
But the dilemma is this:
I already went through the logic board recall in December last year, and Apple is telling me that the warranty on that is Only 3 Months... then it's $300 every time it breaks again... which could be Every 3 Months! ;P
I could get a whole NEW (used) laptop for that!
So now the question is:
a) pay $50 to bench-test to be absolutely sure it's the problem
b) skip that and just buy another machine, either a
c) used mac, or a
d) used windows machine
Whichever one, this will have a to a speed boost... probably to 800 or 900 minimum, since if I get a mac powerbook, I really want to get one of the last ones with the ability to boot in 9. (Any thoughts Yasha? email me?) :>
But even a used win machine would be okay.... though maybe I'm just thinking that right now because I'm so pissed at the moment with Apple only backing their hardware for 90 measly days...
grr!
You may have read about my macMiseries lately.. with the audio and now the video freeze problems. :<
I haven't been able to do much at all online the last few days, because even with the minimum ram and no airport, I'm still getting the system freezes consistently a few minutes after startup now... *sigh*
Thank goodness I was able to get this older backup machine last year from
yasha_taur ... *whew.. hugs thanksthanks*But the dilemma is this:
I already went through the logic board recall in December last year, and Apple is telling me that the warranty on that is Only 3 Months... then it's $300 every time it breaks again... which could be Every 3 Months! ;P
I could get a whole NEW (used) laptop for that!
So now the question is:
a) pay $50 to bench-test to be absolutely sure it's the problem
b) skip that and just buy another machine, either a
c) used mac, or a
d) used windows machine
Whichever one, this will have a to a speed boost... probably to 800 or 900 minimum, since if I get a mac powerbook, I really want to get one of the last ones with the ability to boot in 9. (Any thoughts Yasha? email me?) :>
But even a used win machine would be okay.... though maybe I'm just thinking that right now because I'm so pissed at the moment with Apple only backing their hardware for 90 measly days...
grr!
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Date: 2005-06-27 08:01 pm (UTC)coming to you live, from the ole backup machine
Date: 2005-06-28 09:55 am (UTC)It's rather mystifying...
I was able to get more stuff off the iBook drive tonight, and it hasn't freezed yet (though I haven't left it on for more than 10 minutes...).
So the video hasn't frozen... but the audio-built-in-speaker problem still persists, and looms as a portent of future doom, IMHO ... :<
I was able to locate a Hardware Check CD tonight also, and it didn't find any problems... yeah right! ;P
That just tells me it's a half-baked hardware checker.. because at least it should find the audio problem.
One thing I'm feeling is yeah, like you said, ...I'm feeling less likely to pay for the bench test... because hey, that could just reveal another EXPENSIVE fix.. and I'm really starting to think I'd just feel safer with a new (used) machine.
The sorst kinda thing is when you're doing something on it and suddenly you have a crash and all is lost. ;P