Seattlest: I'll Plug Your Store if You Plug Mine

Todd

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:42:44 -0800

I had to buy a new cord for my Ti Powerbook about a year ago. The $80 price had me a tad miffed, but that was just the beginning. I got it home, tried it out and found that it was defective—probably the same problem you had, I had to position the plug just right for it to work (it would make nice cracklin noises as I did so). I mentioned this to the IT guy at work, who told me that this was a known issue with Mac power cords (so why the hell were they selling them!!!). Rather than return the cord, I put the household extension piece on it and it has worked fine ever since. Needless to say, it's much easier to just stop carrying them then deal with the problem.

Dan

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:04:56 -0800

jake, seems like the disk would spin but nothing comes up on the display during boot so our guess was that something was hosed on the logic board. It's kind of a soft answer as far as I'm concerned, but what am I going to do?

James

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:16:02 -0800

The third-party cord (don't have the box here) wasn't way cheaper -- more like $60 -- but my adapter had gotten well-nigh unusable so I wasn't in a shop-around-online kind of mood. Plus, the "bring it back if it ever stops working" sold me. I'd forgotten how much I like the Mac Store.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:03:03 -0800

Dan I have taken a Powermac 6400 with a dead harddrive to the Mac Store and I was pleased with the work. What is wrong with your iBook?

LarryB

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:37:17 -0800

I wish I had thought of that. A few months ago, the cord to my 2002-vintage G4 iBook had just the same failure. I must have gotten one of the last "real" power supplies, but the thing was over $80! I hope the third-party unit was cheaper.

Dan

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:13:48 -0800

My ibook crapped out a few days ago and I tried for days to get an appointment with the geniuses at the Apple Store (U Village) to get it looked at. Finally I got in and the guy literally looked at it and told me he had to send it to Apple and it'd be $280. Is anyone familiar enough with the Mac Store (45th St) to know how they handle repairs or if it would have been any cheaper?

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:49:44 -0800

Since both stores sell Macs and iPods their fortunes are extended by more people using Macs and iPods. My pal BBQ works at Blockbuster in Queen Anne but to refers people to Scarecrow Video in the U District if they want something rare that Blockbuster does not stock.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:48:14 -0800