Sunday
Oct162005
iBook down
Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 4:53PM
Minutes before the morning service, I couldn't get my iBook to start. A bit of fiddling, praying, and sweating, and I got it going long enough to use for my sermon. After the service, it stopped working again. The guy at the Apple Store Genius Bar says it's the logic board. The bad news: my iBook is gone for two weeks, and I'm back to a Windows desktop. The good news: the $900 repair is covered by AppleCare.
Reader Comments (8)
ouch that stinks. So far my machine's working wonderfully, anything that's gone wrong has been of my own doing, but nothing major has happened. All in all there's no question I like the mac better. But as Jordon pointed out recently, there's things that I miss from the PC platform. All in all though, not enough to make me get rid of this...why is it that everything looks better on a mac? All my websites etc look better in a mac which sucks when you know most people are looking at it with a pc. oh well... How are people reacting to you using the mac on the platform, exactly how are you using it? Anyway, hope you get it back soon...
I am constantly amazed/amused that the blogs that seem to get the most responses are the ones that talk about the latest gadgetry. Having said that, I would posit the proposition that it is good for us to have our notes go away and be forced to actually preach a message based on our knowledge of the text and the needs of our people. Dependence on iBooks, old fashioned windows desktop, or even a paper and pen, is a threat to our dependence on the only One who we should be dependent on. I think a good power failure during a church service that disabled our power points, computers and abilities to follow our well planned schedules would be a providential act that would do us all good.
Ed: I've only used it for a couple of weeks, mainly to project my Keynote presentation. Make sure you get the AppleCare on your iBook - every laptop will need the extended warranty at some point. Ken: You radical...When the tool helps, use it; when the tool gets in the way, get rid of the tool.
Darryl, Boy, if my church got rid of tools just because they got in the way, what would I do for a living?? My point was not that we get rid of the latest gadgets, but that whenever something we use becomes indispensible it may be time to dispense with it. Only God is indispensible. I have been contemplating not writing notes because of the dependency on them that I feel. I would probably panic more if I left my notes at home than if I forgot to pray and that is wrong. And I suspect I am not the only one.
gotta luv the cheap fixes
Well it was inevitable. My warnings were in vain. And my PC has never crashed yet after 3 years of daily use.
I know, Trish. But in about a week my ibook will be fixed, and your PC - well, it will still be running Windows. ;)
Oh shushh, oh please, you are asking for it lol.