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Originally Posted by TheKindleWorm
With the MacBook, I just tried to boot it up one day and it wouldn't work. Hubby had a look and he couldn't get it to boot up at all even after trying out several different help tips online. There was no sound from it at all when trying to boot it. I was gutted because I saved up for so long to get a MacBook  It is now sitting somewhere at the bottom of my cupboard gathering dust. |
Have you tried to boot it up since putting it away? Sometimes after the batteries are completely drained they will boot up when you plug it into the mains. I assume you didn't take Apple Care, regardless, I would also try taking it to an Apple dealer, you might be surprised, it may not be all that expensive to resurrect it and if they can't they may know where you could sell it for parts.
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Originally Posted by TheKindleWorm
Unfortunately I had it ingrained in me from a very young age about turning everything off before going to bed - my parents were obsessive about it. So maybe I've been doing it all wrong!
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This seems to be a British thing, sorry, no offense meant. In North America the power mains are 110-120 volts but over here in Malaysia, and in Britain I believe, the power outlets are 220 - 240 volts. I think thats the reason there are switches on all outlets, there aren't any switches in NA or Japan, could be that British kids can't be taught not to put things in the power plugs and get fried.
Oh that was uncalled for
Seriously, I think the voltage has something to do with it, everyone here goes around turning off all the switched outlets, made me insane when I first got here, thought everything was on the fritz.