This past week has been quite challenging! My main computer, a 20" iMac G5 has gone to deep sleep. I thought I was immune to having this power supply problem since it was already replaced 6 months after I got it in 2004! After searching online and finding many other who had gone through the same problems I am dealing with now makes me feel not so alone. It doesn't make it any easier on the pocket though, since Apple only covers up to 3 years from original purchase date. I was hoping that Apple would have done more to take care of their clients.
On the business side, I am hoping that I have very understanding clients who can wait a week until we can get the part and install it. My husband has been so helpful and resourceful in this whole ordeal. He opened up the iMac and reset the button manually and propped up the backless iMac back on my workstation and had a small tabletop fan at high speed cooling the inefficient power supply. This helped for a couple of days until early this morning after I did my last back up and sent the files to my clients at past 2AM, my sleek looking machine powered down as I was typing the words "power down" in an email (never to be sent).
I have learned my lesson before to always backup files, now I'll have to add to that, a backup equipment, much like the spare tire in your car. It does not have to be a full sized tire but just enough that it can bail you out in a pinch. So today we looked at the Macbooks at the store with the help of my techno-savvy "Mac guy" and good friend Luis. I may be getting my laptop sooner than I planned for.
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