Thursday, 22 February 2007
Apple's policies suck
So my MacBook Pro's left arrow key ceases to function. This is really annoying. At least I remapped one of the useless apple keys to it. I work nearly every day until like 2am...continuously. Now I have to GO to the applestore just to find out if they have the part in stock and can fix it quickly because they won't "mislead [me]" over the phone. Then they'll probably want to take my laptop (also annoying). For kicks I can't make an appointment until the day that I can go.
If they were not Apple and very officious and teenager-consumer oriented then they would be able to say "yes sir if indeed the key that ceases to function in two different operating systems that has nothing physically wrong with it but is no longer working as if it involved something wrong with the underlying keyboard circuitry itself does indeed indicate your keyboard is broken -- not only is that covered under your extended applecare warranty but the kid in the store has the part and will remove the case with the screwdriver, pop the new one in there and have you out in 15 minutes after being sure that you are not indeed a moron with a Cheeto stuck under the key" and they would allow me to make the appointment with a credit card to confirm (charge me $40 if I don't show), come in and have it fixed. However, they don't want to mislead me...just irritate the crap out of me and make me listen to how "cool" they are while I dream of hitting them.
I'm glad I run Ubuntu:
#!/bin/sh xmodmap -e 'keycode 116 = Pointer_Button2' xmodmap -e 'keycode 108 = Pointer_Button3' xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Left' xkbset m
(maps the two useless keys on the right to the mouse buttons and the useless apple key next to the spacebar to the left arrow key....that is broken...electronically)
