Well just as I got the ISP and hosting sorted my Mac decided to throw a spanner my way. The MagSafe power connector has carked it.
For those of you not aware of a MagSafe connector it is a great idea with magnets used to hold the power cable in place, instead of the traditional stick and slot approach. This means that is you trip over the cable for some reason, rather than drag the machine with you the magnet will release. It is a fantastic idea.
Mine though has developed a fault with the sensor pins within the connector. There are 5 pins that are supposed to spring in or out and make the connection to the machine. When disconnected all 5 should be out. However, over the past few weeks I have noticed 2 pins are sluggish to reset. In fact they have necessitated the odd tap on a hard surface to coax them out.
That worked well until yesterday morning when one of the pins has given up the ghost. The pin is permanently retreated in the head of the connector. No amount of tapping or prodding sees this pin emerge from its hiding hole. As a result the power cable never connects succesfully and my battery is now 100% drained.
So I am now awaiting the arrival of a replacement MagSafe. Until then I am forced to slum it on the work craptop. An IBM ThinkPad StinkPad T42 loaded with Microsoft Microshonk Windows Winblows XP and a paltry 512MB RAM.
Given Apples track record on prompt delivery the MacBook Pro 17″ should be up and running within days. Just hope their courier services the new area (refer to the Foxtel – Another Bunch of Fools post for that).
Well as to no surprise Apple have their house in order. Goods ordered at 5pm on the 20/02/2008. As per an email from 11am on the 21st.
Shipment Date: 21/02/2008
Delivers by: 22/02/2008
Great to see an organisation that is organised.
Arrived around midday today. Exceptional service.
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Got to second socko’s vote of confidence. It is very impressive that the Mac was unusable for about 48 hours from the time the Mac ran out of battery.
Don’t you hate the feeling of being out of contact? I woke up this morning and tried to log into my server only to find it had been down for three hours. Arrrghhh! Compaq used to have really good customer service before they were bought out by HP. I could get my notebook fixed in hours, after HP it became days or weeks. Of course the idea is to buy something that doesn’t require service, and knock on wood, the Dell seems to be holding title. (Entrecard visitor btw)Nice site.
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The magSafes are pretty sweet, but I wonder how often the same problem you have has happened to others. I’m not quite ready to buy.
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Ahhh my old friend, the Magsafe has been working fine for me (and remember I hammer the absolute stuffing out of my crapple laptops).
Be thankful that it wasn’t a situation like this:
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultofmac/index.blog?entry_id=1437672
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Apple always gets the goods delivered on time and that’s good service! I hope the new one works (for a much longer time)!
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Monica
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I always like such tech dramas.
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