Comments on: MacBook: Dead Hard Drive http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Problems Installing Leopard? My Quick And Dirty Guide To Major Software Upgrades » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-31771 Problems Installing Leopard? My Quick And Dirty Guide To Major Software Upgrades » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:11:56 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/#comment-31771 [...] “early adopter” I’d say I’m pretty cautious in terms of upgrading (I have hard drive failures, water spills, and previous Apple software versions to make me wary) – there’s nothing [...] […] “early adopter” I’d say I’m pretty cautious in terms of upgrading (I have hard drive failures, water spills, and previous Apple software versions to make me wary) – there’s nothing […]

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-3736 webomatica Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:01:47 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/#comment-3736 Besides the Apple Care, this also made me think more about the usefulness of web applications. Google Docs deserves a closer look. I already use Gmail... Besides the Apple Care, this also made me think more about the usefulness of web applications. Google Docs deserves a closer look. I already use Gmail…

]]> By: tunequest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-3734 tunequest Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:22:53 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/#comment-3734 Applecare will be your friend. Seriously, I always recommend buying Applecare for portables. They're subjected to many more rigors than a desktop and the components are expensive to replace. You'll get more than your money's worth if you have your 'book serviced just once. My current Powerbook has had its display replaced twice and its Superdrive replaced at no cost to me, thanks to AC. It's definitely worth it. As for losing drafts, I started using Google Docs while writing. Auto-save and off-site storage ensures that nothing unseemly happens to my work. Plus I can login from whatever computer I happen to be near whenever I have some thoughts to jot down. Technically, you can post straight to your blog from inside G.Docs, but it doesn't offer fine control over formatting. Applecare will be your friend.

Seriously, I always recommend buying Applecare for portables. They’re subjected to many more rigors than a desktop and the components are expensive to replace. You’ll get more than your money’s worth if you have your ‘book serviced just once. My current Powerbook has had its display replaced twice and its Superdrive replaced at no cost to me, thanks to AC. It’s definitely worth it.

As for losing drafts, I started using Google Docs while writing. Auto-save and off-site storage ensures that nothing unseemly happens to my work. Plus I can login from whatever computer I happen to be near whenever I have some thoughts to jot down.

Technically, you can post straight to your blog from inside G.Docs, but it doesn’t offer fine control over formatting.

]]> By: sang http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-3730 sang Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:54:56 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/08/macbook-dead-hard-drive/#comment-3730 maybe one of those apple 'genius'es can salvage it for you... maybe one of those apple ‘genius’es can salvage it for you…

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