[geeks] Powerbook LCD replacement; Windows Media suckage

[sammy ominsky]

On Nov 8, 2004, at 16:38, Matthew Braun wrote:

> From what I've been told by Apple, *no* PB repairs are done at the 
> store. Even if I were to take it to a store, it would just be shipped 
> off for service.

Happily, this is not true, at least at the Towson, Maryland store.  My 
combo drive died, and I took my PowerBook in and talked to the Genius 
(what they call the techs).  I told him I needed it for work and 
couldn't afford to be without a computer for the time it would take to 
send it off.  He ordered the part and called me when it came in.  I 
brought my PB in on Friday afternoon after work and picked it up, 
fixed, on Saturday night.

He's also replaced a hard disk for me as an in-store repair.  It was a 
40GB, that had come out of my PB to be replaced by a 60GB drive and was 
in an firewire case.  He had a spare in the back and replaced it on the 
spot with no hassle at all.

Try it and see what happens!


---sambo