So after landing here in Sydney, changing planes for Melbourne, my MacBook Pro doesn't love me anymore. Press power button, get grey screen and nothing else. No howdy tone; not even a lighted caps lock key. This feels really bad. Now, as I type this on my RIM, I have a flashing folder with a big question mark in it. I can only assume the OS is toast.
Anybody know of a Melbourne computer shop open on Sundays? Naah, I didn't think so. Bummer.
Smart phones (Blackberries) rule.
Sigh.......
Naah? Five minutes on Google (which, I admit, is kind of hard without a computer) finds a few things....
http://www.mymac.com.au/contact.html (172-192 Flinders) is open Sundays (11-4), but only their sales department; the service department isn't open until Monday. Still, maybe they can give you a loaner?
http://www.streetwise.com.au/About-Streetwise (826 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia, (03) 9818 2100) appears to be local, also open Sundays (10-4), but again the service department isn't open Sunday.
You've also got official Apple stores in Chadstone and Doncaster, both of which are less than a half-hour drive away from downtown Melbourne:
http://www.apple.com/au/retail/chadstone/, (03) 9038 7500
http://www.apple.com/au/retail/doncaster/, (03) 9914 2800
Both of those are open 10-5 Sunday, and 10-5:30/6 Monday (which is apparently a public holiday).
Posted by: Brooks Moses | June 06, 2009 at 21:25
Hmm. Your blog's url auto-recognizer included the commas in those urls, when it shouldn't have. The correct urls are:
http://www.apple.com/au/retail/chadstone/
http://www.apple.com/au/retail/doncaster/
Posted by: Brooks Moses | June 06, 2009 at 21:27
Best from my tweeps (tweet peeps): "Hold shift while rebooting to start in safe mode. If that doesn't work, Opt+Cmd+P+R while rebooting. Else contact Apple." Looks like you're getting help in any case.
For my MBP, which comes with a 320Gb drive, I'm replacing it with a 500Gb to run Ubuntu and some kind of Windows alongside OS X. We'll see how that goes after I get back from London on Friday.
Posted by: Doc Searls | June 07, 2009 at 18:18
It must have been my fault Rick ;-)
http://elliotross.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/you-dont-take-me-seriously/
Except it was supposed to be while *visiting* you - not **too** you!
Posted by: Elliot Ross | June 08, 2009 at 14:05
Yours died and of course I buy a new Macbook for work days before they release new ones :(
Posted by: Farhan Thawar | June 08, 2009 at 17:48