rest in pieces

Milliways, aka Squishy
May 2001 - April 2006

Two owners, two hard drives, two cd drives, four drops, and five years later, my old iBook is officially dead.

I took it apart for the first time today (Chris did it for me when it got a new hard drive and more memory). It's much easier to take it apart when you don't have to put it back together again, but it's still hard to get all the latches to come off and pry the case apart. The powerbook was easier in the sense that it had more screws and fewer latches, so it came apart more easily, but it had more screws.

The hard drive is out, as are the airport card and extra ram (although who can still use those is beyond me...), and it's in pretty much as many pieces as possible. My dad and I have stripped it for parts. Or at least, he's taking the electronic parts, and I've taken off the top cover as a keepsake. And because I think it would be fun to use for some sort of project. It looks like it would make a great book cover or outside of a bag.

I also took the little tiny magnet that was used to cover up a screw under the keyboard. I remember I used to collect these from my dad's work when I was little. It's really pretty cute. I've stuck it on my desk, but I just know I'm going to forget about it eventually, especially since it's so small. It'll just be another one of the many things on my desk.