Jeremy’s Little Corner Of The Web…

Retrieved my PowerBook from MacCentric in Chatswood today. They had to replace the logic board, and testing showed that it was working properly (i.e. not dying at 30% battery life). Time will tell.

I wasn't too happy about the time it took, however. I took the machine in on the 3rd February, and called last Thursday to see what was happening with it. I had expected them to have tested and perhaps ordered any parts from Apple by then, but they hadn't even gotten around to looking at it! I'm guessing they did test it soon after that, as they had replaced the logic board yesterday and tested it this morning. (I know, I'm having a whinge… but it would have been nice to know that there was a 4 to 5 day waiting time to look at the machine when I handed it in.)

It's very nice to have it back, because for the last two weeks, I've been using a Windows machine. You may think that it was bad because it was running Windows, but it was more the fact the only way I could get internet access on it was to plonk it on the carpet in the lounge room. Needless to say, my lower back is currently giving me a lot of grief, and I have been using the computer very little recently.

I installed Windows XP on the computer (an Athlon 700), and updated to SP2 once it had all been done. I was quite surprised at how (most of the time), it just worked. I liked how the Microsoft Anti-spyware application warned you if an application was installing entries into the registry or attempting to add itself to the startup items. I think it's definitely a step in the right direction. I only hope Apple has some precautions in place so that when spyware/adware does start to pop up on MacOS X, it's hard for it to be installed or function.

I didn't have any real issues with drivers and such, since I didn't really use any peripherals, but my experience was much better than I expected. However, I still missed my MacOS X setup.