BAD KARMA OR RUBBISH LUCK?

As some of you may know who follow me on Twitter, I had a major disaster today.  For those that don't know my screen on my MacBook Pro went up the wall.  Upon closer inspection, it looks like the LCD panel behind the screen glass has a crack in it causing the liquid crystals to malfunction and the display to be all messed up.

I got the MacBook Pro just over 4 years ago and it has been my pride and joy and more importantly, my workhorse ever since.  Even after all the time of owning it, I never encountered any serious errors, no slow down of the machine at all and it handled all my requirements with little or no fuss.  It cost me close to £2,000.00 when I got which also included some software that I got with it.  As you can imagine I am somewhat devastated at the moment.

I have an appointment at the Apple Center tomorrow where the last rites will no doubt be administered.  From what I have read online, the replacement of the screens is very expensive and is not a million miles from an entry level MacBook Pro.  However, it remains to be seen as to whether this applies to my model as it has an LCD display as opposed to the newer LED ones and the article I got the information from was not clear.

How did it happen? It was an accident that is all.  It wasn't strictly my fault and I am not going into the whys and wherefores because it is not relevant nor is it fair to other party concerned.  It was an accident.  That is what makes it all the more galling.  I keep replaying it over in my head and wished I had done something different, but that is life isn't it?  Fortunately I still have my iMac which is just over a year old so I can still blog and access the web and so on.  The main draw back is that until I get my MBP repaired or replaced there won't be anymore video game reviews being posted once I have done the next two that I have already recorded the raw footage for.

You see, I record the footage on my MBP and fire it across onto my iMac for editing and the recording of the review.  This is simply because my games consoles are located in an entirely different room in the house and so using my iMac is out of the question and I am not going to start unplugging my consoles and dragging them to where my iMac is.  I am hoping that this will prove to be a moot point and that I can get this sorted out one way or another.

Depending on what happens tomorrow I may have to see if I can make an insurance claim, however if they will pay for the repair I want it done by Apple and not some third party I am not familiar with.  I don't want an inferior display being used and I certainly don't like the idea of some back street repair shop having my lap top for some untold amount of time.  It is not snobby, I just want a proper job doing and I want to be able to get my hands on the store responsible for repairing it.  I don't really want it to be written off either.  I know it means I can get a brand new MacBook Pro which will be more powerful and do better things and so on, but sad as it seems I really like my MBP!  I want it fixed.  I prefer the older keyboard that it has over the new ones, I even prefer it's design with the all silver screen as opposed to the new ones which have a black border around.  It is my pride and joy and I would like it to be fixed thank you very much!

So where does the bad karma or rubbish luck come in.  Well, yesterday I was laughing with my niece about how my other niece and my sister are pretty rubbish when it comes to technology.  The irony comes in when I stated that I had my MBP for over 4 years and never once had a problem.  Less than 24 hours later I am ready to drown my sorrows whilst looking at my ruined MBP screen.  I know people will say it is a coincidence  but it is interesting to note how many times this sort of thing happens in your life.  Whether it is getting your comeuppance like me or other more minor things, so many events like this happen that I refuse to believe that it is purely down to chance.  Can it be bad luck?  Well no not really because it does not always work against you, sometimes it works for you as well.

I cannot pretend to speak with any intelligence on the subject because I have done no research into it whatsoever but it is just a personal thought on the matter.  Like ripples in the water, I believe that our actions can have a knock on effect in someway.  Whether events like what happened to me today are put into place as a reminder that I am not the 'big I am' when it comes to maintaining and running computers and that I am equally as fallible when it comes to fates fickle hand or not I think there are too many occasions in ones life to simply disregard the possibility of some higher influence controlling certain aspects of each of our lives.  And no, I am not referring to God.  In truth I have no idea what I am referring to but I can only say that like when you do something in the physical world it has a knock on effect, so I think it applies in the psychological one as well.  I am digging a hole here so I think I will quite whilst I am losing!