[Ti] MY NEW SCREEN!

[Luke Mazzeri]

On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 02:53  PM, Tony Jayms wrote:

> Yes! I put mine to sleep and when I opened it up it skewed off and 
> snapped at the top right (by the power in jack) hinge. It was held by 
> the wire that runs through the hinge and I thought I would get away 
> with it ... for a while! Next day opened up the screen and arcing was 
> originating from the cables as they tried to make the connection. With 
> no back light on the screen I had to shine a torch at the screen to 
> enable me to see in order to back everything up.
>
> It really was not a lot of help being told on the phone to hook up to 
> another computer to use as a Target disk at a time like this ;-)
>
> After getting my TiBoo back I now ensure that I am extra-extra careful 
> when opening it and I cannot stress how many pairs of kid gloves you 
> need to be wearing.
>
> I won't mention the time the return took either! :-)

TiBooks really do seem to be FRAGILE.  If i dropped a thinkpad i would 
hardly cringe...  if i dropped a powerbook, i'd quickly close my eyes 
and plug my ears before it hit the ground...  then i'd turn around 
without looking and just walk away...  =)


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