[Macpartners] replace a disk in a recent model G4 powerbook?

[Thomas S Pixton]

I take all our Macs over to the Apple store at the Cambridgeside Galleria.
MIT PC generally don't service Macs. However, the cost up repairing an older
G4 Powerbook may be high and won't yield a very good machine. Far better
value to purchase a new MacBookPro.


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> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:01:33 -0400
> From: Mark London <mrl at psfc.mit.edu>
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> recent model G4 powerbook?
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> Hi - I have a professor whose G4 (aluminum) powerbook's disk seems to be
> dying/dead.  I can boot off an external disk, and can open a terminal
> window and do an ls on the disk, and it shows part of it, then stops.
> I've tried running several different disk repair tools, and it tries to
> access the disk but then freezes, and I have to force exit the
> application.  Assuming the problem is the disk (93G), does anyone know
> approximately how much does MIT charge to fix it?  Thanks. - Mark
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