Rattle wrote:
] This morning my beloved 17-in Powerbook decided to die. I was
] browsing through some RSS feeds when all of a sudden it
] crashed to a grey screen. Whenever I turn it on, it just
] beeps three times in a tone that sounds similar to the phone
] company saying "no". Apple had me reseat the RAM and test the
] SIMMs individualy before declaring my logic board dead.
]
] Long live my PowerBook, my PowerBook is dead.
]
] [weep]
]
] My posting frequency is about to plumet even further.
]
] Apple says they should be able to turn it around in a week..
] I hope they are correct. This is going to be a massive
] inconvience.

Doh....sorry to hear that Nick...hope you get your lappy back soon

Rattle wrote:
] This morning my beloved 17-in Powerbook decided to die. I was
] browsing through some RSS feeds when all of a sudden it
] crashed to a grey screen. Whenever I turn it on, it just
] beeps three times in a tone that sounds similar to the phone
] company saying "no". Apple had me reseat the RAM and test the
] SIMMs individualy before declaring my logic board dead.
]
] Long live my PowerBook, my PowerBook is dead.
]
] [weep]
]
] My posting frequency is about to plumet even further.
]
] Apple says they should be able to turn it around in a week..
] I hope they are correct. This is going to be a massive
] inconvience.

My god sir, if 12" iBook died... I dunno what I'd do.

Jello wrote:
] My god sir, if 12" iBook died... I dunno what I'd do.

What you would do? That's simple, actually. Based on personal experience, it seems to go like this.. Shock, denial, anger, sadness, agony..

The shock and denial are really close.. There is sure to be some of the "No, please, no!" with a touch of "This is the worst time for this!", as if there is a time when it would be 'ok'.. The anger is breif and light, but unavoidable. As soon as rationality returns, it goes to sadness. The agony can be avoided unless your only fallback machine is a Windows box.

... if you are not on top of your backups, it can be much worse.