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August 20, 2007

New iMac "Superdrive"

The replacement Superdrive for the iMac arrived today and I just finished installing it. There's only one word to describe the job: nasty. These iMacs really don't have any "user serviceable" parts inside. To get access to the innards you...

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Posted by wincent at 10:18 PM

August 18, 2007

Involuntary Reboot Log #13 and #14

Today is not a good day as far as this computer is concerned. About an hour ago I left the computer running while I was in the shower. On returning I found the screen blank, the light off and no...

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Posted by wincent at 3:50 PM

August 11, 2007

Huge news in SCOX vs NOVL

If you have SCO stock (I trust that no one reading this weblog does) the time to sell is now. Well, you may as well just burn all the paperwork and forget about it. After weeks wondering how the judge...

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Posted by wincent at 2:12 AM

August 9, 2007

iMac reliability woes

Since I switched to this first-gen Intel iMac as my main desktop machine back in May 2006 I've had a pretty bad run with hardware reliability. Earlier this year I noticed that the integrated iSight camera was no longer working;...

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Posted by wincent at 7:02 PM