tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post7857808611499830863..comments2023-10-30T04:06:45.798-07:00Comments on arduous blog: Fixing Instead of Replacingruchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-13908930088746644472010-03-04T08:24:41.030-08:002010-03-04T08:24:41.030-08:00I got half of a mac powerbook for college graduati...I got half of a mac powerbook for college graduation in 2004. Exactly six days after the extended warranty (an additional $300 on top of the purchase price) ran out - 3 years and six days after I got the laptop - it died. It wouldn't even turn on. The best I got out of it was a menacing looking folder with an exclamation point and a suicidal-looking mac icon. Oh eff. <br /><br />No way I could afford anything comparable, and it was $2700 at the time of purchase so I was determined to resuscitate it. I googled the hell out of what was wrong with it, and determined that my hard drive was probably fried. I worked in an office with a staff of engineers, so I bought a new hard drive, and while I was at it, new RAM and battery and power supply. I baked a coworker a batch of red velvet cupcakes in exchange for some laptop brain surgery. It's been almost an additional three years, and the cost for parts was under $400.Joanne Koehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714780962475073379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9203077889905915553.post-74502928973800202582007-11-08T10:53:00.000-08:002007-11-08T10:53:00.000-08:00Technology is the one place where I just can't cut...Technology is the one place where I just can't cut way back. I'm really trying to be more aware of my consumerism and to live a simpler lifestyle. I've cut back dramatically on buying clothes, shoes, books, house stuff, etc. But I NEED a functional, up-to-date laptop. So when this one dies (which should be awhile, since it's only two years old), I'll definitely be buying a new one. (A Mac this time. I have it all picked out.) I'm not going to rush to buy it, because I don't want to be wasteful just for the sake of having a new toy. But eventually technology becomes obsolete and you have do something. I think that if you are doing your best in all other aspects of your consumerism-lite life, it's not something to feel too guilty about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com