FUCK!!!!!

[vulgarweed]

Does anybody in the Chicago area know where I can get a power cord for a clamshell iBook ASAP??

(Don't tell me to look online--I don't have that much battery time left! Nor do I have two days to wait for it to come in the mail.)

ETA: OK, it still works if I hold it at a certain angle. Got it taped down, so it's recharging. Grrrr. Still need new one ASAP! Why is everything I own rubbish? --Ron Weasley.

ETA2: Just ordered one over the phone from some guy in Michigan whose site I found at Low End Mac, THE go-to site for us junkyard apples. Cross fingers my current one doesn't die before it gets here, because if it does, I am up SHIT CREEK.

Comments

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

:-( How annoying! I didn't realize they were quite that bad; SO has both desktop and laptop Apples and so I've dealt with the Apple store near us to get things looked at, but never needed a replacement bit in a hurry like that. That is really CRAP customer service, I have to say.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

You know what they told me when I asked about a wireless card? eBay!

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Jesus. *coughassholescough* That is... yeah. That would totally put me off buying an Apple ever again.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

The problem is, they build computers to last. Up until I moved and pitched it, I had a Classic Cube from the early 90s that still worked great. And they, of course, want their customers to spend thousands on the latest shinies as often as possible, but I have a contrarian Depression-era ethic about throwing away things that are still perfectly good. So a lot of us Mac folks have that love/hate relationship.

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

I hear you on that ethic. While I am replacing my laptop this summer, I am going to give the old one to my sister for her kids to use; so I bought a new power cord (the old one having that same problem it sounds like yours has) and battery so that it'll run, it otherwise being in good shape really. But I didn't have the time pressure thing!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Make sure you get all the porn off it first. XD (Forgetting sounds like something I'd do.)

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I'm actually thinking I will wipe the HD completely and then reinstall the OS etc... because yeah, wouldn't want the niece and nephew running across some of that! ;-)

Classics Forever

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Mac Plus. Still got mine. With the HUGE external HD (50 MB - woo!)

Re: Classics Forever

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Whooo! 50 MB of POWER.

Re: Classics Forever

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Hee. I've got to see if it still boots up. Probably. The old Mac OS was great. Getting my ancient files off the hard drive probably won't be too easy. Will anything read the old floppy disks? Or the HD itself?