Comments on: First trip to the Genius Bar- bad hard drive http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dave Zatz http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14427 Dave Zatz Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:15:10 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14427 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I'm having my Mom pick up a Mac Mini because of the Genius Bar. I'm going to outsource her tech support to Apple. ;)</p> <p>I've used them once for MBP three issues - they first dude couldn't help with one issue, but another guy was able to. Two issues were solved, the other they decided I have a bad optical drive which is about $300 to replace and $150 for labor - ouch. While this is a company laptop, I'm not going to saddle them with the bill since I rarely need an optical drive.</p></div>

I’m having my Mom pick up a Mac Mini because of the Genius Bar. I’m going to outsource her tech support to Apple. ;)

I’ve used them once for MBP three issues – they first dude couldn’t help with one issue, but another guy was able to. Two issues were solved, the other they decided I have a bad optical drive which is about $300 to replace and $150 for labor – ouch. While this is a company laptop, I’m not going to saddle them with the bill since I rarely need an optical drive.

]]> By: Taxman http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14429 Taxman Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:58:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14429 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>My daughter needs to run Windows for one of her engineering classes, so I ended up giving her my MacBook with Vista in a Boot Camp partition and taking back her 12" PowerBook that was my computer 4 computers ago. The computer has 1 Ghz processor and 768MB RAM and a 60GB drive. What am I learning? (1) Maybe Windows doesn't need to permanently reside on my notebook. Right now, I'm just using Safari browser to log into gotomypc.com at office if I need access to Windows. (2)If I don't need a big Windows partition on my notebook, 80GB is plenty, (3) 12" PB is still my favorite Apple form factor of all times and Leopard isn't bad at all even with 768MB RAM, and (4) This is still a pretty useful machine. </p> <p>So, that being said, I'm more eager than ever to get my hands on a MacBook Air when they arrive at stores.</p></div>

My daughter needs to run Windows for one of her engineering classes, so I ended up giving her my MacBook with Vista in a Boot Camp partition and taking back her 12″ PowerBook that was my computer 4 computers ago. The computer has 1 Ghz processor and 768MB RAM and a 60GB drive. What am I learning? (1) Maybe Windows doesn’t need to permanently reside on my notebook. Right now, I’m just using Safari browser to log into gotomypc.com at office if I need access to Windows. (2)If I don’t need a big Windows partition on my notebook, 80GB is plenty, (3) 12″ PB is still my favorite Apple form factor of all times and Leopard isn’t bad at all even with 768MB RAM, and (4) This is still a pretty useful machine.

So, that being said, I’m more eager than ever to get my hands on a MacBook Air when they arrive at stores.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14432 Mike Cane Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:26:03 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14432 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>All Your Disk Sectors Are Belong To Us!</p> </div>

All Your Disk Sectors Are Belong To Us!

]]> By: John in Norway http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14436 John in Norway Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:21:31 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14436 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Good one!</p> </div>

Good one!

]]> By: James Kendrick http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14439 James Kendrick Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:38:01 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14439 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>It said so on his shirt.</p> </div>

It said so on his shirt.

]]> By: John in Norway http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14442 John in Norway Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:23:10 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14442 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>And this makes Paul a 'Genius' in what way?</p> </div>

And this makes Paul a ‘Genius’ in what way?

]]> By: Alan Reiter http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14444 Alan Reiter Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:04:30 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14444 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hi James,</p> <p>I called four Apple stores on the East and West Coasts (for a column I wrote about the MacBook Air) and they all said the same thing: They will be getting units in a couple of weeks. It seems that when Apple is ready to ship the product to consumers -- the two weeks that Jobs said -- the Apple stores will have them on display.</p></div>

Hi James,

I called four Apple stores on the East and West Coasts (for a column I wrote about the MacBook Air) and they all said the same thing: They will be getting units in a couple of weeks. It seems that when Apple is ready to ship the product to consumers — the two weeks that Jobs said — the Apple stores will have them on display.

]]> By: Scott_H http://jkontherun.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t/#comment-14446 Scott_H Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:08:58 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/first-trip-to-t#comment-14446 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A bad hard drive? Already? Didn't you just get that thing?</p> <p>Are you going to be able to wipe the hard drive before Apple replaces it? Apparently, they don't let you keep the old hard drive after they put your new one in:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/12/22/macsAreEvenMoreExpensiveTh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/12/22/macsAreEvenMoreExpensiveTh.html</a><br /> </p></div>

A bad hard drive? Already? Didn’t you just get that thing?

Are you going to be able to wipe the hard drive before Apple replaces it? Apparently, they don’t let you keep the old hard drive after they put your new one in:

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/12/22/macsAreEvenMoreExpensiveTh.html

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