ClubJuggler

So, after getting my laptop hard drive replaced last week, today I have an appointment at the Genius Bar to see about getting my top case and hopefully my battery replaced. This is the same repair jklGoDuke had done on her laptop last week. The Apple store at Crabtree Mall in Raleigh was able to perform the repair the same afternoon that we dropped off her laptop, so hopefully it will be able to do the same for me today. I’m definitely glad to be getting it repaired as my Applecare runs out this coming June. I’m starting to wonder just how much I might be able to get for my laptop if I were to sell it and put the money towards a new laptop. Of course, what I’d like to have is a 15 inch MacBook Pro but the $2000 price tag is fairly daunting. Still, it might be worth looking into. But, the first step is to get the cracks in the top case repaired and the battery replaced.

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Apparently Silicon Graphics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As sad as I am to see this happen, I can't say I didn't see it coming. Even when I worked there six years ago, I could see it happening sooner or later. We'll see if they can dig their way out of this, but I'd be very surprised if they could. Too bad, because SGI always had cool machines. Now, the only company left with cool machines is Apple and most of their success lately isn't due to their computers.