Realizing MacBook’s Impending Doom [16 Dec 2009|11:30am] corneliousjd Screen shot 2009-12-16 at 11.21.53 AM Originally uploaded by CorneliousJD It’s been quite a few years since I’ve purchased my MacBook. MacBook 1,1 Model Version 1, Revision 1. It’s been though hell and back, with a power adapter that lit on fire, a battery going dead, and a (still un-fixed) dead SuperDrive. I recently realized that I also have the infamous failing hard drive that was shipped in some, but not all, first revision MacBooks. Yay for me! This has been a known problem since a few weeks after the MacBooks were released, yet Apple still hasn’t issues any sort of official statement, or recall of its failing products. I was lucky enough to get my power adapter and battery replaced, but that is only because they likely wanted to avoid any legal issues with A CABLE SMOKING AND SPARKING, CAUSING A FIRE IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM! I’ve been lucky enough to not have any major problems with this HDD yet, but I now know it’s only a matter of time before it grinds a hole through its top layer of the platter. Originally published at Tech Jawa. Please leave any comments there.

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