UPDATE: SINCE MY LAPTOP FELL AND DIED…
Alot has happened since the triumphant launch of MistaVybeWorld.com. We celebrated a victorious first week online, receiving kudos from supporters and well wishers all around the globe via text messages, phone calls, Facebook, Myspace, etc. We got “bigged up” on several noterworthy blogs within just days of our initial launch. We started preparing the groundbreaking PHASE TWO of our many-tiered plan for World Domination, which we plan to unveil in the coming week. Oh – and did I mention MY LAPTOP FELL AND WOULDN’T WORK AFTER THAT?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! *deep breath… count to a million… do meditation excercises… think peaceful thoughts*
Yeah – so the Bat-Computer is now in the shop, and since the show must go on nothing stops MistaVybeWorld.com from rolling, I’m actually writing this blog from *gasp! gulp! HIDE FACE IN SHAME* a PC laptop!!!!! A freakin’ DELL for crissakes!!!
STOP LAUGHING!!!
Anyway – moving on and backtracking to the scene of the crime… I was working on the laptop over at my Mom’s house, got up hurriedly when my Mom called out to me to come do something for her quick, and in my rush to hustle over to where she was, kicked the USB cord that connected my laptop to my Blackberry Pearl at the time, in the process making the Bat-Computer topple off the laptop table it was perched on and fall to its untimely death.
I won’t even bother to go into how I had JUST replaced the malfunctioning origjnal harddrive with a brand new one just recently, or how I was musing about getting an upgraded model of the Bat-Computer at this point… that’s what the Archives are for.
All I can really let you know at this point is that I whisked the laptop off to the same folks that fixed it the last time, hoping and praying that the malfunction which kept it from booting up was at least fixable, since I didn’t exactly budget for $2000 – $3000 or more (US dollars) to buy the new Macbook Pro I want so badly.
After much hoping and praying on my part and extra prayers from the rest of the MistaVybeWorld.com Team, I’m happy to say that the problem turned out NOT to be the logic board, but, in fact, the hard drive, which at least is a fixable issue.
Sadly, in this instance “fixable” means shelling out more $$ for ANOTHER brand new hard drive and having it formated and such by the fix-it folks. Fixable, but costly and frustrating. That’s 3 hard drives in like a 2 months folks – NOT cool.
But – at least I can take some solace in the fact that the Bat-Computer will indeed ride again, and in the meantime, I’ll be posting (on this blasted DELL) and trying to retain some semblance of “normalcy” online…
In closing I just want to say a heartfelt thanks to all those who reached out to me on and offline, or who just offered prayer or Positive Energy for the unfortunate laptop situation.
Fear not people – the Bat-Computer lives… kinda.
Get well soon Bat-Computer – I need you back!!!!!
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Tags: 2009, Bat-Computer, Mista Vybe, Tech
Mark Lyndersay, said: December 9th, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Sounds like you might have an overheating problem. If you push the Macbook Hard and hear the fans often, you might want to look into a cooling pad solution. I had two drives fail in six months and since I’ve been using cooling systems, that’s pretty much stopped. Of course, the newest Mac (almost all of it) had to be replaced under warranty since that problem got solved.