Transplant Success!!

Over the summer, we picked up a little Mac Mini for our everyday computer. It has no doubt been one of my favorite computers. I love it's size (picture four Ramen noodle packs stacked together), the fact that it can run both Apple's OS-X & Windows XP, the speed at which it wakes up from sleeping (2 seconds max!), and the fact that it shares the name of a very cool car!

Unfortunately, we had picked this little beaut. up from Craig's List (read: slightly broken in). Apparently the previous owner had opened Mac up a bit and didn't get him put back together 100%. Sometimes the audio would crackle & cut out. And the wireless didn't get nearly as good of a signal as it should have. And there were a few parts - memory & hard drive - that I had been itching to upgrade. So with my Amazon store going so well, I took some of the proceeds and bought the upgrades. Last night I sat down to work.

Never before have I had to open a computer with a putty knife, but I guess there's a first time for everything. Once I got it open, there were a few of the usual steps involved with switching out memory & hard drives (I'll save you the boredom). Needless to say, things went well - and while I was in there, I reconnected a few cables that had gotten loose.

After reassembling, I plugged in my external hard drive (Time Machine backup), ran the setup program and now things are running perfectly. Not only that, but Time Machine maintained all my settings - it's like I'm l0oking at the exact same computer - just with new insides!

Brain transplant & heart valve replacement, success! Mac feels like a new computer.