100% Shafted TiBook -- What Would YOU Do?

harald · July 30, 2002 10:29AM

Right,

I've got a Ti that someone dropped at work, rendering it beyond economical repair.

Am I pissed that the drive sounds like a cement mixer, the screen is tartan, it'll never boot again and the case is knackered?

No, I'm not.

Because YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH IT! (resist the temptation Mika).

What would you do with it? I have a digital camera if people just want to see it being systematically shagged with a hammer. I could save the parts. I could do experiments with it. I could ... I could just throw it in the bin but that would be boring.

Suggestions?

jambo · July 30, 2002 10:43AM

Take some badly lit pics of it and sell it on eBay as "Sold as seen".

J :cool:

brianmacos · July 30, 2002 10:52AM

[quote]Originally posted by Jamie:

Take some badly lit pics of it and sell it on eBay as "Sold as seen".

J :cool: <hr></blockquote>

HAHA that is a good legit way to do it and I am sure you could get some money to people buy broken powerbooks often on ebay for more money than they are worth.

murbot · July 30, 2002 11:12AM

Don't laugh, I just did that.

Frickin' $29 PowerBook 170 that won't boot. Bastard.

Anyway, surely there must be something in that Ti you can salvage and sell on eBay. Keyboard, trackpad, hinges, internal stuff... resist the urge to destroy.

[ 07-30-2002: Message edited by: murbot ]

calamar1 · July 30, 2002 1:52PM

A friend of mine once had a web server that was spread out in pieces on a living room wall. presumably, the HD is busted, but after replacing just that, perhaps it could be put to use as such, assuming the motherboard is intact.

logan cale · July 30, 2002 1:57PM

I'll buy it from you for $10 + shipping.

[ 07-30-2002: Message edited by: MacAgent ]

willoughby · July 30, 2002 2:38PM

[quote]Originally posted by MacAgent:

I'll buy it from you for $10 + shipping.

[ 07-30-2002: Message edited by: MacAgent ]<hr></blockquote>

I'll buy it for 20!

cyko95 · July 30, 2002 2:43PM

Why doesn't someone just ask him how much wants for it?

pbg4 dude · July 30, 2002 2:44PM

I'll take the bottom cover. Tell me your price.

harald · July 30, 2002 2:50PM

OK, time to give something back to AI after all the fun I've had from it.

If you guys send me post-paid envelopes (hmmm I'm in Yoorp) I'll dismantle the sucker and send people the bits they want.

The motherboard is shagged, the drives are fücked, bits of the case are cracked, the RAM has been cannibalised but you never know, some of it's OK. Oh, the keyboard is knackered. And the screen. I think the trackpad is OK.

willoughby · July 30, 2002 3:30PM

I just want the "L" from the keyboard. How much for that?

jambo · July 30, 2002 3:57PM

Can I have the J A M I and E? PM your address and I'll send a SAE

J :cool:

stimuli · July 30, 2002 4:00PM

Sell the RAM & HD

masker · July 30, 2002 4:00PM

Dibs on the battery.

I called it!

I also want the power supply.

MSKR

jet powers · July 30, 2002 4:59PM

How much for the whole keyboard?

Are all of the letters OK?

ting5, who thinks smoked gray keys look better than white ones

harald · July 31, 2002 8:00AM

[quote]Originally posted by Willoughby:

I just want the "L" from the keyboard. How much for that?<hr></blockquote>

OK, the letters J, A, M, I, E and L are spoken for. Any more for any more?

That'll cost you postage Willoughby.

jambo · July 31, 2002 8:20AM

[quote]Originally posted by Harald:



OK, the letters J, A, M, I, E and L are spoken for. Any more for any more?

<hr></blockquote>

Thanks, Harald!

You have a PM

J :cool:

hassan i sabbah · July 31, 2002 9:48AM

Hello.

Because my power supply is shagged, making weird sparks in the translucent bit, and only works when I twist one end of the cable around the plug, and a new one costs £60, and I live in London, can I please have the power supply? PM me.

love Hassan i Sabbah

100% Shafted TiBook -- What Would YOU Do?

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