MacBook Pro NVIDIA Graphics Card Failure
Ever since I got my MacBook Pro in the Fall of 2007, it has served me without any errors. This weekend, however, things changed. I turned on the MacBook in the morning and the screen would not come on. I restarted the computer, and the same thing happened. I immediately started to panic and started Googling various queries (i.e. “macbook pro black screen on startup“). Nearly ever result pointed towards a failed logic board – a $1,000 repair. This was, to say the least, not reassuring.
That was when I happened up this page on the Apple support website. Apparantly, there are some issues with the NVIDIA graphics cards in the MacBook Pros manufactured between May 2007 and September 2008 – which is when I bought mine.
Seeing as how the nearest Apple store is an hour away, I dropped my MBP off at Connecting Point, a certified Apple repair shop which is local. They are currently running a diagnostic on the computer to see if that is indeed the problem. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed…
FlickrBooth is Fun!
Earleir this evening I installed the FlickrBooth plugin for Photo Booth. The URL to my Flickr account is http://flickr.com/photos/jordansphotobooth/. It’s really neat to take a bunch of photos, then go to Flickr and painlessly be able to embed them on Myspace, or share the links via email. :)
To FLAC or not to FLAC; That is the Question
I literally spent the entire day installing Toast 8 Titanium on my Mac, and researching the best software for ripping and burning FLAC on OS X. I’ve come to the conclusion that Toast is worthless, because as far as I can see, you can’t even generate a .cue or .log when ripping. *sigh*
I have now come to a second conclusion. I have wasted the entire day! Why bother burning CDs from FLAC? CDs are obsolete. This is a digital world. I feel compelled to have a psychical back up, but why? My music is in my iTunes and on my iPod, and that’s the future. Problem solved.
PS – I added my del.icio.us bookmarks to the “Links of Interest” page.