Tech Jawa > 2009 > December

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It’s been quite a few years since I’ve purchased my MacBook.

MacBook 1,1
Model Version 1, Revision 1.

It’s been though hell and back, with a power adapter that lit on fire, a battery going dead, and a (still un-fixed) dead SuperDrive.

I recently realized that I also have the infamous failing hard drive that was shipped in some, but not all, first revision MacBooks. Yay for me!

This has been a known problem since a few weeks after the MacBooks were released, yet Apple still hasn’t issues any sort of official statement, or recall of its failing products.

I was lucky enough to get my power adapter and battery replaced, but that is only because they likely wanted to avoid any legal issues with A CABLE SMOKING AND SPARKING, CAUSING A FIRE IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM!

I’ve been lucky enough to not have any major problems with this HDD yet, but I now know it’s only a matter of time before it grinds a hole through its top layer of the platter.

Well, it sure has been a long path to get here, but I’m so incredibly glad I took the path that I did. Without the help of the Cisco Networking Academy, and John Koss, I’m not sure I would have been so prepared to take the CCNA exam.

There’s not much more to say at this point, except my hard copy of my certification is in the mail, and I eagerly await receiving it of course!

Now I have one class left to complete (in progress) before I get my degree as well.