TheGardenTool
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Long story short: dog's tail+wife's drink=Mid '09 13" MBP instantly turned itself off. I only have had time to partially clean it, don't have a tri-wing screwdriver on hand to get the battery out, and my precision screwdrivers aren't getting some of the mainboard screws out either. I'm planning to go buy a cheap electronics kit from Harbor Freight later.
My wife's been using the MBP more and more, especially since she started a masters program. So she couldn't afford the downtime, I don't know how long it's going to take before I can really get it completely apart to clean and then test everything if it still even works. Plus I can't afford to share the desktop too much since I've got my own homework going on all the time too.
A local Best Buy had the recently replaced (Mid-2012?) 13" MBA on their clearance website yesterday for $600 but alas they didn't have it once I got there an hour after seeing it. I was in a rush so I didn't have time to look through the rest of their open box stuff online. Late last night saw a 13" rMBP for $1169.99 and decided to go take a look again today after class. Once again they didn't have it, but since they had other open boxes starting at $1259.99. They did price match it without questions but if they hadn't I probably would have ordered a refurbished straight from Apple. They were also a lot more helpful today since the store wasn't crowded like it was yesterday.
2 battery cycles and it's flawless without fingerprints or anything on it. Wish I could have waited to see the Haswell refreshes on them but I guess since I'm still on some promotion for Best Buy Silver program I have 45 days to return it...
My wife's been using the MBP more and more, especially since she started a masters program. So she couldn't afford the downtime, I don't know how long it's going to take before I can really get it completely apart to clean and then test everything if it still even works. Plus I can't afford to share the desktop too much since I've got my own homework going on all the time too.
A local Best Buy had the recently replaced (Mid-2012?) 13" MBA on their clearance website yesterday for $600 but alas they didn't have it once I got there an hour after seeing it. I was in a rush so I didn't have time to look through the rest of their open box stuff online. Late last night saw a 13" rMBP for $1169.99 and decided to go take a look again today after class. Once again they didn't have it, but since they had other open boxes starting at $1259.99. They did price match it without questions but if they hadn't I probably would have ordered a refurbished straight from Apple. They were also a lot more helpful today since the store wasn't crowded like it was yesterday.
2 battery cycles and it's flawless without fingerprints or anything on it. Wish I could have waited to see the Haswell refreshes on them but I guess since I'm still on some promotion for Best Buy Silver program I have 45 days to return it...
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