Laptop Rescued!
Hooray for handy boyfriends!
Several months ago, boyfriend’s dog accidentally peed on my laptop. Instead of paying the ridiculous $750 fee to repair my laptop or buying me a new one, we decided that he was going to try fixing it. eBay has a ton of MacBook parts on sale from other damaged laptops that weren’t worth fixing.
For about $250, boyfriend got a new logic board, another $42 for a new battery and probably another $30 for some other parts and tools. Boyfriend spent a lot of evenings working on my laptop and now it’s back!
Was it worth the wait? Yes. Absolutely. I bought the laptop used from a friend who left me about 72 hours of music on it. She’s a world traveler so she had many songs and genres I would never seek out. The cost savings is more than half of the fee I’d have to pay Apple for their insane policies. Luckily I wasn’t totally out of commission with access to other computers around me, either at home or at work. It’s good stuff.
Hooray!
JanePlain wrote:
wow - that’s so sweet of your boyfriend!
and yes, apple’s policies are really crazy at times.
btw - i like listening to world music - and am lways on the lookout for artists/songs recommendations. Sounds like you have quite a collection. Any particular favourites?
Posted on 21-Jul-08 at 6:25 pm | Permalink
Mrs. Micah wrote:
Awesome! We just fixed my laptop too and I’m glad we went the route we did (ours was plain dumb awesome luck but if we’d thought of it we probably could have paid for the part too). It’s better for the environment, to boot.
Posted on 22-Jul-08 at 2:36 pm | Permalink
Ernie wrote:
…and Husbands! I’m constantly fixing stuff for my wife. Glad he got it back!
Posted on 22-Jul-08 at 9:51 pm | Permalink