Computer Troubles
Current Mood:
Angry
Yesterday Murat and I went to Izmir to meet with members of our partner company Arcom. Since we will be selling their products along side of our products internationally, it was important that Murat and I get a good understanding of their high pressure compressors and the market that they cater to. It was a great day. I learned a lot and we had a fantastic dinner with Sakir and Ahmet (not Murat’s uncle). Ahmet, who is in his mid 30’s I would say, has been working in compressors since he was 10 years old!
I would post pictures from the day if were not for the computer problems I am currently facing. My laptop power cord has completely died. For a year or so now it has been having trouble making a good connection. It will be plugged in, but often I will have wiggle it around to get it to actually supply power to my laptop. Over the past few months it has been getting progressively worse and worse. Finally, on Thursday, it gave out. I have 1 hour and 57 minutes of battery life left in my laptop. I therefore cannot write too much today. I will say something to those other frustrated apple users out there that this is a common problem. The power cords that Apple sold with its G4 laptops suck. They are complete junk. From what I have read, some people have replaced theirs three times in the first year they had it. To make matters worse, it’s 80 USD for a new one!
Of course, I saw this problem coming before it happened. I did little about it until a week and a half ago when i did some research. I found that in Turkey I could get a power cord made by Macally - a company that specializes in apple accessories - for about 50 euros (http://www.macally.com/EN/Product/Homes.asp). This was still a bit pricy so I ordered one of their products to the US where it is theoretically happily waiting for me at home in New York. The cost, a mere 32 USD. Based on reviews of both power cords, these are ugly, but they get the job done and are far more robust than Apple’s flamboyant white power adaptors. Sorry readers, you will just have to wait…
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