Incident 10-1049, 22 Aug 2010, 23:05 hrs. Mack505 commanding. This is actually a good thing.
The MBP was in for service again today, as the previous attempt didn’t fix it. This time it failed the graphics processor test, with a bad NVIDIA chipset. (This is what we suspected the first time.) Now that we have a diagnosis it’s getting fixed for real, and [...]
Incident 10-1025, 10 Aug 2010, 20:52 hrs. Mack505 commanding.
August 10 – Blogging may be light for a while. The faithful MacBook Pro gave up the ghost this evening. From a little Googling, I think the NVIDIA chipset has failed. This is where being a Yankee and never disposing of anything pays off. I was able to boot the MBP into Target Disk [...]
Incident 10-338, 26 Jan 2010, 16:53 hrs. Mack505 commanding. I had to make a brief visit to the Apple store today. After my errand, I stopped in the food court for a quick lunch and used free the WiFi to check my email. As I was finishing, I noticed I wasn’t the only one.
|
I’m Mack505 and I approve of this message. Where necessary, names and indentifying details have been changed to protect the innocent, guilty, or those just involved. Or maybe it's all just ficiton. . .
Loving my oil burners. . .
|