computer teardown
My MacBook's been running slow and overheating lately. I opened it up to see if there was a ton of dust impeding the fan, or if I could reseat the wireless card and get rid of some of my network problems. Nothing. But, due to Apple's ridiculous construction standards, the fact that my computer actually turned on afterward felt like a real triumph! And it only took 90 minutes, not 3 hours like the teardown instructions said. I am not looking forward to the inevitable day when I will have to take apart my iphone.
I recently realized that my job satisfaction drops quite substantially when the computer I'm doing all my work on is clunky and unreliable, so I'm less willing than I used to be to put up with decrepit hardware. There are still several software and administration-related things I can try, but soon it might be time to get a new computer. On one hand, that's kind of exciting! On the other, it's darned expensive, and I hate acknowledging that I couldn't fix this one. On the third, it's still twice as long as I've been able to keep any non-apple laptop, so I don't have much reason to complain.
I recently realized that my job satisfaction drops quite substantially when the computer I'm doing all my work on is clunky and unreliable, so I'm less willing than I used to be to put up with decrepit hardware. There are still several software and administration-related things I can try, but soon it might be time to get a new computer. On one hand, that's kind of exciting! On the other, it's darned expensive, and I hate acknowledging that I couldn't fix this one. On the third, it's still twice as long as I've been able to keep any non-apple laptop, so I don't have much reason to complain.