Macbook repair
April 5th, 2008 | Filed under Technology.
I took my Macbook to the Apple Store in Meadowhall today to have it looked at by a Genius. The Apple Store was its usual shiny, white self with lots of hideously expensive stuff lining the walls. Who needs a 30 inch iMac… really… go on, give me a good, sane reason why someone needs 30 inches of screen on one machine. Two 19 inch screens makes sense, but one 30 inch screen is just willy waving. I loaded Word and it appeared as a tiny box in the corner of the screen, it’d be really irritating to use after the novelty has worn off. God help any apps that maximise to full screen!
I showed my Macbook to the person behind the Genius Bar and he identified that the LVDS cable is either faulty or the LCD is damaged. They can’t look at it until Wednesday, but hopefully it’ll be done by next weekend.
It was nice that by simply reading the serial number of my Mac they could read all my contact details (since I was good and registered my Mac when I bought it) and knew who I was and where I lived. All I had to do was confirm my home phone number and it was done. I think they’re doing the repair in the shop, rather than posting it off to Mars to be probed for a month.
I’m now reduced to using my work laptop and main PC. Life’s so hard with just two computers left 
