One Year

  1. 2006 05 20: Ordered.
  2. 2006 05 21: Shipped.
  3. 2006 05 24: Received.
  4. 2006 06 18: First repair: failed speaker.
  5. 2006 07 03: Returned.
  6. 2006 07 06: RAM upgraded from 512MB to 2GB.
  7. 2006 08 12: Second repair: random shutdowns.
  8. 2006 08 16: Returned.
  9. 2006 08 30: Third repair: random shutdowns reprised.
  10. 2006 09 19: Returned.
  11. 2006 09 27: Hard drive failure, replacement requested.
  12. 2006 10 04: New hard drive received.
  13. 2007 02 21: Hard drive upgraded from 60GB 5400rpm to 100GB 7200rpm.
  14. 2007 04 16: Fourth repair: backlight flicker.
  15. 2007 04 20: Returned.
  16. 2007 04 30: Poor battery life, replacement requested.
  17. 2007 05 02: New battery received.
  • Days of ownership: 365.
  • Number of repairs: 4.
  • Number of service incidents (including repairs): 6.
  • Total number of days out of commission: 50.
  • Approximate number of days out of commission per week: 1.
  • Owning a Ferrari that’s in the shop one day a week instead of a Yugo: priceless.

3 Comments 

2007 05 24 · 22:55, Graham 

MacBook woes.

2008 01 31 · 16:45, Peter 

I have had my precious Macbook for exact thesame time as you, but I never had any trouble with it. Guess I’m just a lucky bastard.

2008 02 04 · 04:14, Khürt Williams 

I’ve had my MacBook since the November 2006 and only one repair. I love this idea. What a wonderful idea to have each post be a uniqe design.

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