peggy's place: The Mac is flying off to the computer hospital

December 21, 2009

The Mac is flying off to the computer hospital

We were so hoping the black screen of death was just a one time glitch. But no, Sunday night it died for good. With hope in our hearts, Mom took it to the Apple store in Tampa, hoping it was something they could magically fix. But no. It has to go to the Apple hospital. Apparently it is a problem that this model and year is known to have. Some hardware part. Of course we are out of warranty but since it's an Apple problem it won't cost anything. Phew. But Mom is @#*&&%# at this computer because it's so very slow. And Mom wants to say a VERY BIG THANK YOU to Rod, who got her started backing up her computer every 10 days. She doesn't even want to think about everything she would have lost without doing it.

So we're sorry to say we won't be around a lot for a while.

9 comments:

Catline Crew said...: Sorry to hear you are having so many problems with your computer. Hope everything goes well.

Merry Christmas.; December 21, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Sweet Purrfections said...: So sorry to hear about the computer. I'll miss you.; December 21, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Angel, Kirby and Max said...: You have a merry Christmas ans we will see you as soon as the Mac is back!; December 21, 2009 at 6:20 PM
The Creek Cats said...: Bummer that your computer died! We are glad to hear it can be fixed and won't cost you anything! We just started backing up our computer and our blog too!; December 21, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Debra Taylor said...: I am so sorry to learn about your computer problems. It is so distressing when we lose this wonderful way of communicating. I do not know about Mac's - hope the fix is easy and not too expensive.

To anyone reading this - please visit my blog about a colony of abandoned/feral cats near my home. And you might decide to sign on as a follower to my blog since it has stories and information helpful for cat caretakers everywhere.
Thank you,
Debby

http://homelesscatcare.blogspot.com/; December 21, 2009 at 11:03 PM
snowforest said...: Our Hooman's macbook had a similar problem. It got fixed after a couple of weeks. They said the problem was with the inverter..

Hope your computer gets fixed soon too :); December 22, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Amy & the house of cats said...: That stinks that the computer died. I had that happen too - at least you know to back up everything so you won't loose it! I am glad it can be fixed and that it won't cost you anything - that is good at least.; December 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Sakura said...: Womderful blog
Nice posts
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If you want it's yours
:D; December 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Mom is a faithful backer upper, too. We hope your Mac won't be in the hospital too long!; December 22, 2009 at 5:00 PM

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