Hello computer!

I mentioned earlier this week that I was having trouble with my laptop keyboard. Well, I took it to the Genius Bar, they said they could fix the keyboard for under $100, and I figured that was fine. "But wait," they said. "That's an impressive lag you have on booting. Maybe we ought to do something about that." They quoted me $310, a flat-rate service if the thing needed to go to the factory. Turns out that that's what it needed--if I wanted to investigate the boot issue. At first I figured, nah, it was a lot of money, and what if it was only a $20 piece that needed replacing? I'd live with the boot issue with little irritation.

Then I slept on it.

A 7-minute boot is not a small problem. Chances are it's a big problem. Chances are that I'd get my money's worth. I had them send the machine to the factory.

Well, for $310 I got a new keyboard, a new logic board (typically about $600), and they put on a new bottom case because mine had been pretty dented. It's like I got a new machine! Money well spent and I don't regret a cent of it. Yay!