a mac-nificent comeback
he's done it again.
my long lasting G4 17-inch powerbook has come back from certain death and proven to me that it is still worthy to serve and not be replaced. even though i've had it for more than three years, and apple care has run out, the G4 keeps plugging away.
So what if i had to replace the logic board three times in it's first year, it's been going strong ever since. well ever since a couple of weeks ago when the internet connection suddenly slowed to a crawl then went from no internet connection to a wheezing 1kb/s every couple of minutes. "it's had a good run," i told myself, maybe it's time to put it to pasture and spend money i don't really have and get me a brand spanking new macbook pro. but little did i know that no self respecting G4 takes that kind of insult lying down, and so today, after outfitting the old boy with the latest security software (which i incidentally had to do with the ethernet cable plugged in because the airport connection was so spotty that it kept timing out), and restarting both the cable modem and the router, my tarnished, beaten old computer has a new lease on life and is keeping my bank account looking respectable. at least until it's next relapse.
the silver surf(board) has pretty much seen and experienced it all, from the tsunami in sri lanka, the maldives and india, to the bright lights of tokyo, and the unpredictable weather of melbourne. i guess it's not ready to kick the bucket just yet.
and that makes me glad.
my long lasting G4 17-inch powerbook has come back from certain death and proven to me that it is still worthy to serve and not be replaced. even though i've had it for more than three years, and apple care has run out, the G4 keeps plugging away.
So what if i had to replace the logic board three times in it's first year, it's been going strong ever since. well ever since a couple of weeks ago when the internet connection suddenly slowed to a crawl then went from no internet connection to a wheezing 1kb/s every couple of minutes. "it's had a good run," i told myself, maybe it's time to put it to pasture and spend money i don't really have and get me a brand spanking new macbook pro. but little did i know that no self respecting G4 takes that kind of insult lying down, and so today, after outfitting the old boy with the latest security software (which i incidentally had to do with the ethernet cable plugged in because the airport connection was so spotty that it kept timing out), and restarting both the cable modem and the router, my tarnished, beaten old computer has a new lease on life and is keeping my bank account looking respectable. at least until it's next relapse.
the silver surf(board) has pretty much seen and experienced it all, from the tsunami in sri lanka, the maldives and india, to the bright lights of tokyo, and the unpredictable weather of melbourne. i guess it's not ready to kick the bucket just yet.
and that makes me glad.
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