Robby on Rails: Laptop back with more disk spacethoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:1b8cbdaf-6b83-457b-8bd6-f03a4f84644e2006-08-19T11:54:00-04:002006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Laptop back with more disk space<p>Last week, I killed my laptop (sorta) with the magnet that comes from the Apple iSight. I found it amusing to find that within a few days, a google of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=isight+magnet">isight magnet</a> currently returns my recent post, <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/08/11/isight-magnet-is-teh-suck">iSight magnet is teh suck</a>. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only nitwit in the world that has accidently done this. Hopefully… people will learn from my mistake. <a href="http://www.digg.com/apple/Apple_iSight_destroys_Powerbook_hard_drives">Spread the word</a> (digg)</p>
<p>I ended up sending my laptop to a company down in California called, <a href="http://www.techrestore.com">TechRestore</a>. They were unable to talk to the harddrive and installed a new 120gb one in my powerbook and sent it back within just a few days. I shipped it on Monday and got it back on Friday morning. If you need a harddrive upgrade and don’t want to attempt to open it the powerbook yourself.. these guys gave me good service.</p>
<p>When my laptop returned, I had a brand new Dell 20” widescreen monitor waiting on my desk to connect to it. :-)</p><p>Last week, I killed my laptop (sorta) with the magnet that comes from the Apple iSight. I found it amusing to find that within a few days, a google of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=isight+magnet">isight magnet</a> currently returns my recent post, <a href="http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2006/08/11/isight-magnet-is-teh-suck">iSight magnet is teh suck</a>. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only nitwit in the world that has accidently done this. Hopefully… people will learn from my mistake. <a href="http://www.digg.com/apple/Apple_iSight_destroys_Powerbook_hard_drives">Spread the word</a> (digg)</p>
<p>I ended up sending my laptop to a company down in California called, <a href="http://www.techrestore.com">TechRestore</a>. They were unable to talk to the harddrive and installed a new 120gb one in my powerbook and sent it back within just a few days. I shipped it on Monday and got it back on Friday morning. If you need a harddrive upgrade and don’t want to attempt to open it the powerbook yourself.. these guys gave me good service.</p>
<p>When my laptop returned, I had a brand new Dell 20” widescreen monitor waiting on my desk to connect to it. :-)</p>
Ryan Heneiseurn:uuid:6ff40065-d9f1-4bd4-9d4a-2b3e6db4c1732006-08-19T17:04:26-04:002006-09-05T22:12:51-04:00Comment on Laptop back with more disk space by Ryan Heneise<p>Sorry about your hard drive, but you’ll enjoy that monitor. I have the same one – <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryenski/202941052/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryenski/202941052/</a></p>