[Macpartners] repair of broken powerbook hinges

[Jay Kirsch]

The computer fixit shop in the student center is still in the basement and 
they fix both Macs and Windows machines.

The shop near Beacon and Washington in Somerville (?)  is TechFusion at 98 
Kirkland Street, Cambridge.

Jay Kirsch


At 7/26/2004, naha wrote:
>Quoting Nick Knouf <nknouf at MIT.EDU>:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > A user's powerbook succumbed to the dreadful "broken powerbook hinge"
> > problem.  Rather than send it to apple with a resulting bill of over
> > $1000, I was thinking of sending it to some other repair shop that will
> > replace only the hinges (around $300-400), since the LCD screen is
> > still perfectly functional.  Does anybody have any experience with any
> > repair shops that you would recommend?
>
>I know the feeling.  I have an LCD studio display with what I think is
>just a flakey cable, that no one is willing to fix for less than $400.
>
>
>There used to be a computer fixit shop in the student center, but I think
>MIT got rid of it.
>
>I've not used them in a long time, but there's another place that's
>done Mac work for me.  Unfortunately I'm drawing a blank on their name
>but last I knew they were located at the corner of Beacon and Washington
>in Somerville, a bit towards Cambridge from Dali.  My recollection is that
>the proprietor's name is Richard Silver.  Anyone else remember the name
>of the place?
>
>
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