Tech Surgery Gone Wild (Part 2)
Well, we hit the local RadioShack and bought the battery we thought we needed for the iMac DV. I say “thought” because we got the damn thing back and put it in only to find the same symptoms as before.
Desperate, I hooked up my iBook to the network and posted on Apple’s discussion forums. Verdict: the damn thing is FUBAR.
Fortunately, my friend had accidentally[1] bought another iMac from eBay which he has not paid for yet. Though that one is a bit lower in specs (400Mhz G3 versus 500Mhz G3), it does at least come with OS X 10.3 Panther, and should get the job done.
Still, I can’t help but feel a little frustrated.
- or possibly by serendipity ↩
