In the Shop

[libertango]

So I went to the Genius Bar at Southcenter to have my Mac Mini looked at for the snow crash problem. (No, I didn't mention the web form issue. Ach, well.)

Anyway, my expectation was that they'd either a) try to troubleshoot the specific screen saver software, or b) replace the memory chips, since I think the Mac Mini uses shared memory for video.

Nope. They're going to replace the MLB, which is Apple's IBM-like TLA for "main logic board" -- what the rest of the industry calls a motherboard.

{blink}

Well. That's unexpected. In a good way -- it's a more substantive replacement than I thought likely.

That's the good news; that and it's covered by warranty, so no charge. The bad news is, they gave me a 3-5 day turnaround timeframe. On the gripping hand, it's not like I haven't been using akirlu's PC for months at a stretch lately.

I'd dearly love to see their database for how frequently the problem has come up.

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[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

That's occurred to me. You'd think Mr. Stephenson had made the term fairly widespread, though.