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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
andy said 9:10AM on 4-07-2006
thats value for money, might chuck my g5 out the window to see if still works.....not
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iFelix said 9:22AM on 4-07-2006
Re: TUAW does not recommend you do this to your own Powerbook.
Why?
Please tell us why?
;-)
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fanguad said 9:32AM on 4-07-2006
I'm guessing the CD/DVD drive does *not* still work...
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Gareth Burleigh said 9:39AM on 4-07-2006
Lucky him, I knocked my 12" iBook off the desk. The screen, HD (so much for the motion sudden sensor) and video card all died.
Combo drive still worked though so I guess I score 1 point
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Rob L. said 9:42AM on 4-07-2006
Oh, so that's NOT the ergonomic keyboard model?
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Vince said 10:37AM on 4-07-2006
Well, that's what Windoze will do to ya.
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BobMac said 10:38AM on 4-07-2006
Where can I get that desktop picture?
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GadgetTV said 10:57AM on 4-07-2006
Wow! did not see this warning before loading boot camp and Win XP on this machine. Should have read the fine print.
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Tony Ward said 11:35AM on 4-07-2006
What the hell did he do.... lend his Mac to Bobby Knight?!
Ah well, still works better than most Dells do out of the box.
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Phil Jackson said 11:37AM on 4-07-2006
I know how this guy feels. I just spilled a Starbucks coffee into my Macbook Pro. The repair costs $1297, if anyone is interested, and is considered a Tier 4 repair. It arrived yesterday in Houston, TX and is currently "being worked on."
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Matt Johnston said 11:46AM on 4-07-2006
It sucks but it works.
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BorderPatrol said 11:49AM on 4-07-2006
#7 BobMac,
"Where can I get that desktop picture?"
Why, right here of course :)
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/index.html
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Timothy Uruski said 11:56AM on 4-07-2006
I doused my 12" PowerBook with a tall cup of tea and it works fine over a year later, I just let it dry out for a day.
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Don Wilson said 12:34PM on 4-07-2006
Don Wilson encourages you to do this to your laptop.
;)
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Dan Bedford said 2:07PM on 4-07-2006
Awww!! the optical drive slot looks like a frowning mouth!!!
Poor baby!!!!
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Sid said 3:52PM on 4-07-2006
the night i got together with my girlfriend, i spilt an entire bottle of red wine on my powerbook (while trying to play a more romantic song)
i then tried to blow dry it (half drunk) and melted all the keys
i then prayed for a week really hard
and then miraculously it decided to turn on after a week
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Thomas said 5:00PM on 4-07-2006
I wanna know the whole story too. I recently soaked a Powerbook with a tall glass of water. It freaked and quit. I let it dry completely and then it started right up. Some Mac products can take a likin and keep on tickin.
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DNA said 11:40PM on 4-07-2006
> 3. I'm guessing the CD/DVD drive does *not* still work...
The disc slot looks like it's frowning :(
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GBower said 8:52PM on 4-08-2006
BTW, most electronics will take almost any spill, except cola's, if you kill them right away. A roadie once told me I could drink anything but jack and coke over his mixing console, so he handed me a beer. Something about the sugar and it's recrystallization on the electronic parts, either that or he was coked up.
But as said, most electronics can take spills, but as the picture indicates, only the best can take the crap being beaten out of them.
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Ger Nijkamp said 4:12PM on 4-09-2006
This one is much more worse...
http://cowboyneal.org/ex-powerbook.jpg
But it also won't boot anymore, I guess...
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