Goodbye, MBP
The recently concluded Apple WWDC 2012 keynote left a bitter taste in the mouth. I can hear fanboys ooh-ing and ahh-ing, going cazy over the newfangled gadgets pandered before them; I can almost hear their eyeballs pop and their jaws drop. The raves about the new MacBook Pro (slimmer, more powerful, with better displays) was especially gritty, and set my teeth on edge.
Okay, it *is* bitter -- *I* am bitter. The wounds from my recent woes with the MBP are still fresh. And I'm afraid I might have lost the MBP for good.
Water was accidentally spilled on the MBP, while I was carrying it home on my bag, inside its sleeve. It was only when I got home that I discovered that the sleeve and the MBP was soaked. It took every ounce of control not to scream, and the first thing I did was set the MBP on its side to let the water drip.
I took it to the service center. A week later, they told me that the logic board needs to be replaced. The replacement board was worth Php 55,000. Uhm, let's see: I bought the 2010 MBP for Php 65,000, renewed AppleCare for Php 13,000, had the keyboard assembly replaced for Php 10,000, and bought an assortment of accessories for it. Do the math.
There was no way in the coldest place in hell I would shell out that much to get this... thing... back to life. So I took the MBP home. I can use an external display with it, but the battery won't charge. It won't use the power adapter either. When I got it, only five minutes of battery life were left, so I did a quick rsync to back up whatever files I can salvage.
As I shut the MBP down, I wondered when -- if ever -- I will get a new one. The specs of the new MBPs are enticing. Wait, this is me not being a fanboy: I need a laptop, and the Mac fits my requirements at the moment. I was actually saving up for an iMac to replace the only desktop PC left in the house, but now, I don't know.
I've always known that the cost of ownership of an Apple product can burn a hole in my pocket. I accepted that risk. I was a willing victim. I drank the Kool-Aid, too -- well, not the whole pitcher, but enough to make me chant, "Once you go Mac, there's no turning back". Now, I just feel so... empty and uncertain.
(Not that I have an emotional attachment to the MBP, nor to any gadgets for that matter, but it did help me through some of the most crucial moments in my career. I developed and wrote my whole thesis on the thing, for one. Plus, I can run Linux pretty well on it.)
So yeah, I'm a bit bitter, but I can move on. Goodbye, MBP. It's been a good (almost) two years.
Okay, it *is* bitter -- *I* am bitter. The wounds from my recent woes with the MBP are still fresh. And I'm afraid I might have lost the MBP for good.
Water was accidentally spilled on the MBP, while I was carrying it home on my bag, inside its sleeve. It was only when I got home that I discovered that the sleeve and the MBP was soaked. It took every ounce of control not to scream, and the first thing I did was set the MBP on its side to let the water drip.
I took it to the service center. A week later, they told me that the logic board needs to be replaced. The replacement board was worth Php 55,000. Uhm, let's see: I bought the 2010 MBP for Php 65,000, renewed AppleCare for Php 13,000, had the keyboard assembly replaced for Php 10,000, and bought an assortment of accessories for it. Do the math.
There was no way in the coldest place in hell I would shell out that much to get this... thing... back to life. So I took the MBP home. I can use an external display with it, but the battery won't charge. It won't use the power adapter either. When I got it, only five minutes of battery life were left, so I did a quick rsync to back up whatever files I can salvage.
As I shut the MBP down, I wondered when -- if ever -- I will get a new one. The specs of the new MBPs are enticing. Wait, this is me not being a fanboy: I need a laptop, and the Mac fits my requirements at the moment. I was actually saving up for an iMac to replace the only desktop PC left in the house, but now, I don't know.
I've always known that the cost of ownership of an Apple product can burn a hole in my pocket. I accepted that risk. I was a willing victim. I drank the Kool-Aid, too -- well, not the whole pitcher, but enough to make me chant, "Once you go Mac, there's no turning back". Now, I just feel so... empty and uncertain.
(Not that I have an emotional attachment to the MBP, nor to any gadgets for that matter, but it did help me through some of the most crucial moments in my career. I developed and wrote my whole thesis on the thing, for one. Plus, I can run Linux pretty well on it.)
So yeah, I'm a bit bitter, but I can move on. Goodbye, MBP. It's been a good (almost) two years.
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