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Adding
\n insult to injury, not only did the Dowbrigade nearly die during our latest
\n Latin American expedition, but our iBook
\n AND our iPod DID die, at most inopertune moments, and we miss them both.<\/p>\n
The iBook, which is now on its third logic board under The iPod’s passing is even more tragic. At 13 months, Apple seems to have a battery replacement program<\/a> We are investigating. Unfortunately, it is Adding insult to injury, not only did the Dowbrigade nearly die during our latest Latin American expedition, but our iBook AND our iPod DID die, at most inopertune moments, and we miss them both. The iBook, which is now on … Continue reading
\n the Apple extended warranty, started experiencing video problems in Peru, <\/em>spontaneously
\n exhibiting psychedelic colored bar codes and screen static. followed
\n by freezes. It
\n got to the point where the machine started up, but the screen stayed
\n blank. We
\n managed to mount it as an external drive on another Mac and transfer
\n all our essential files, including the photos and videos from the first
\n two weeks
\n of our
\n trip, and upon our release from the hospital turned it in to our neighborhood
\n Apple service center. It has since been sent on to Apple, so who knows
\n how or when
\n it will
\n return.<\/p>\n
\n our 4th generation 20GB clickwheel model is 30 days out of warranty. During
\n our recent illness and hospitalization, it was buried in our suitcase. When
\n we tried to turn it on after 3 weeks, it just gave us the
\n sad pod screen. We tried USB, Firewire, direct current charge, resetting
\n and restoring, but all we get is the sad pod. Indeed.<\/p>\n
\n for $66. There are third parties who offer either a battery replacement
\n kit or a "send us your iPod and in one week we’ll send it back
\n with a new battery" offer for about half of that. They claim
\n their batteries are 25-30% stronger than the Apple batteries. The only
\n disadvantage we can see of the third party solution is that it
\n voids
\n the Apple warranty, which has expired anyway. <\/p>\n
\n probably too late to get anything done before we go in for our surgery
\n in two weeks. With any luck, however, the laptop will be back by then
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