Somehow it’s come back from repair with a new and more infuriating fault. I probably can’t make a comic for tonight because I’ve used all my energy wangling a full reinstall. I will keep you posted, but I have very unhelpful and limited internet access at home.
Apple tell me my computer has been repaired, so I’m off on a jolly holiday to far-distant lands to pick it up. Hannah, the mother of the goblin baby with the liddol widdol toes, is coming too. We may go to fabric shops, and we may also stroke some yarn somewhere. We might even remember to pick up the computer.
What this all means is we’re pretty much destined to have a new comic on Friday. Check it out, no break in service, in spite of my rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. And I am totally carrying a notebook with me everywhere now, so I have stored lots of comic ideas.
it is done. My laptop has been delivered into the nurturing hands of Apple to be repaired. It might be the inverter, but it will probably need a new screen. Goodbye, amassed fortune.
How does this affect you, fair reader? Well, I’ve not got any more comics queued, but I do have the loan of a shiny and beautiful computer while my neighbour is in Japan. So with any luck I can make comics and upload them. It might be interestingly timed.
I’m sorry it’s all on the squiff. I will try to keep things on track over the next woefully laptopless week.
They were all like, “no, it’s not a known issue with MacBooks so we won’t fix it.”
Hah, yeah right, it’s all over the intarnetz. Also, it shouldn’t matter, since it wasn’t me that broke it. So the law sez we have to get it looked at by an expert, and if the expert sez it’s my fault then I pay. If they say it’s Apple’s fault, they pay. This could take weeks.
I am going to see if I can fix it myself, ‘cos it might only cost me £15. To get it fixed by Apple, it will cost £300. HOW?
I hope it’s not so bad though.
I intend to go to the shop where I bought my computer and explain to them that because it’s broken within six years they’re required to repair it, even though it’s out of warranty.
I will also argue that since it will take two weeks (since it did last time), they’re also required to provide a replacement. This means that I should, in theory, be able to make more PiPs.
All of this is included in my statutory rights. Nice one.
I will report back. Roger, ten-four, Whisky Tango Foxtrot, over and out, etc.
