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.

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[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

You can also check Computer Discount Warehouse, in Vernon Hills. I know they used to stock Apple computers, but I don't know if they'd have the right replacement cord for you. You could always give them a ring and find out.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Thanks! If this MI dude falls through I'll give them a try. I hope they're not out of CTA range, though, or my carless ass is out of luck.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they are out of CTA range, but all is not lost if you have to pick up the cord from them. You can take the METRA north from Union Station to Libertyville, then a cab from the Libertyville station to the CDW store in Vernon Hills, if worst comes to worst. Libertyville and Vernon Hills are pretty close together. Here's hoping, though, the MI fellow comes through, and all this becomes academic!

(Maybe you ought to buy two cords from him, just to be safe? I seem to remember this happening to you once before, and I suspect it's only going to get harder to find replacement cords in the future.)