Posted on Sunday, 12 July 2009

rhodyram: lickystickypickyme: Apple rightly has a reputation for making quality gear. MacMedics, a repair shop in Millersville, Maryland, recently serviced a Macintosh IIci, which was on the blink after two decades of faithful service. Introduced in September 1989, the Mac IIci is one of the most popular early Macs.The machine was putting up funny patterns on the monitor. The client thought it was the screen, but it was actually the main logic board. He’d been using the machine for 20 years — 20 years! — and had no interest in upgrading to a modern Mac. MacMedics had to rescue the customer’s data. He’d not performed one backup in two decades. And here’s the best part, he had only 2.2 MB of data to rescue. “Here’s a tip,” says MacMedics. “Don’t wait 20 years to make a back up.” (via) If this is true it’s awesome!

rhodyram:

lickystickypickyme:

Apple rightly has a reputation for making quality gear.

MacMedics, a repair shop in Millersville, Maryland, recently serviced a Macintosh IIci, which was on the blink after two decades of faithful service.

Introduced in September 1989, the Mac IIci is one of the most popular early Macs.The machine was putting up funny patterns on the monitor. The client thought it was the screen, but it was actually the main logic board. He’d been using the machine for 20 years — 20 years! — and had no interest in upgrading to a modern Mac.

MacMedics had to rescue the customer’s data. He’d not performed one backup in two decades. And here’s the best part, he had only 2.2 MB of data to rescue.

“Here’s a tip,” says MacMedics. “Don’t wait 20 years to make a back up.”

(via)

If this is true it’s awesome!

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    true it’s awesome!
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