Cheryl Katz

From scratch.

New peeve: computer disintegration!

The case to my 2006 MacBook is coming apart in splintery shards underneath the areas where I rest my wrists.  I staved this off as long as possible by using a Speck case, but I think that the case wasn’t allowing the computer to cool effectively, and I’ve taken it off.  My computer is performing a little better, thanks to the disrobing and also thanks to removing some apps and extensions I wasn’t using, but it’s still a little slow.

Oh, yes, and now it’s stabbing me.  In the wrists.  When you hear about my apparent suicide on CNN (Woman found dead; wrists slit with polycarb shards) someone call in and tell them to look at my Mac.

The computer is still for the most part working OK, so I don’t know how I’m going to get around this particular challenge.  I guess I could tape wrist rests onto it, but that would put closing my notebook on the list of not feasible activities.

Note to self:  next time, buy computer with titanium case.

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Mon, July 6 2009 » Day in the Life

3 Responses

  1. Grandma Ann July 6 2009 @ 1:10 pm

    I had insurance and the Apple Store just replaced the case on my MacBook. Maybe you should spring for a new case. Better than wrist injury. And next time, we will both go for titanium.

  2. Wendy July 6 2009 @ 10:06 pm

    Well, great, now I’m going to have “Mack the Knife” stuck in my head all night… Is it too far gone for duct tape?

  3. xine July 7 2009 @ 5:48 am

    The Mac store once replaced my keyboard AND surrounding area (including the area you’re having a problem with) for free… it depends on who you get and how good a case (ha!) you make… I was past warranty, so I really did just luck out.

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