More Computer Death and Destruction!

Autopsy results from our recently deceased desktop PC were inconclusive. Despite attempts to swap hard drives, attempts to install an old copy of Windows 2000, and attempts to boot a second hard drive into Linux, there are still no real signs of life.

And then today the MacBook jumped off the couch and thereafter was unable to charge the battery (which only lasts for 10 minutes anyway). The Apple store was unable to find a problem, but for $280 would send it away for a week to get fixed. So adding that bill to the fact that we are do for a new battery ($139) and a RAM upgrade ($100-150) we decided to just buy a new laptop for $1099, which had all that good stuff, plus the bigger hard drive, faster processor, new OS, etc.

But before opening the new box at home I tried one more thing-I re-dropped the previous laptop-and voila, it charges again! Prying the lid off revealed a loose connection at the plug which was easily remedied, and we're back up and running. So I guess we'll head back to the Apple store again to return the new computer and get the battery and RAM like we originally planned....