Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Yippee! A new laptop!

So, Darr's company gave the employees MacBooks at the beginning of this year. I can't remember now if this was in lieu of a bonus or if this was considered the bonus - either way, it's cool, right? - but mine starting having this weird issue. When I set it down on it's side, which I often did while it was plugged in so as not to tweak the power cable, the laptop would open. The magnets weren't keeping it shut. Last week I took it to the Apple store because of another problem I had burning dvd backups of my photos. Anyway, long story long, Apple-employee Colin called to tell me that after replacing the magnets in the lid and then replacing the innards of the machine along with the magnets on that side, he was unsuccessful in getting the laptop to remain shut. Then, he escalated the issue to the engineers of the machine. They recommended he replace my machine. So, he is. Only they don't make that particular machine anymore. The aluminum shell is no longer available in the MacBook. But it is available in the MacBook Pro. So, he's upgrading me to a MacBook Pro. I get to pick it up today, if I can find time to travel out to the store to pick it up. Sweet.

1 comment:

Amber said...

Are you flippin' kidding me??? That's pretty awesome.

And I think the computers were the bonuses, if I remember correctly.