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khaosworks ([personal profile] khaosworks) wrote2003-07-01 01:21 am

Rock and a hard place

So what the hell do I do?

They replaced Cassandra's LCD screen, which made the problem less acute, but didn't get rid of the problem. She still fritzes when I jar her, or try to move her screen - which is fine but that means I don't dare move her while working on her and also means that she's not stable and could fritz at any time.

Which leads me to think that it's the logic board that is the problem as diagnosed earlier - which they didn't replace. Now, if I got the local AppleCenter (at Funan) to replace the logic board it won't be covered by the shop warranty, and that'll cost me probably over S$1000. If I send it back to Best-Denki (who hold the shop warranty), they'll take another fucking month and probably won't solve the problem again - and that month I don't have.

Do I live with the problem? Buy a new Powerbook? Pay the S$1000?

The alternative my gut is leading me to is to say, live with the problem until I finish up what I need to finish using Cassandra, pay the local AppleCenter the S$1000 to fix her, forget getting an iMac, and just buy/build a PC when I reach the US. Maybe this is God's usual un-subtle way of telling me to forget the iMac indulgence.

[identity profile] swisscheesed.livejournal.com 2003-06-30 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
You want to buy an iMac AND a gaming PC? Geez man, why are you spending money on stuff you don't need. Get what's essential and save the money. You'll need it. Seriously.

This is why I worry about you.

[identity profile] khaosworks.livejournal.com 2003-06-30 11:12 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for being singularly unhelpful with the current situation and busting my balls about an option that I am already not going to take.

[identity profile] swisscheesed.livejournal.com 2003-06-30 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
The snark is uncalled for.

[identity profile] khaosworks.livejournal.com 2003-06-30 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, but I just don't need anyone giving me shit at the moment. I'm not in the best of moods about the entire customs declaration nonsense plus this crap.