I know I haven’t been the strongest advocate for Apple products the last few weeks, and I’m sure that my computer has now been “flagged” as one being used for ill purposes toward the entire Apple organization. Here’s the thing. It’s not like I will ever use anything but Apple computers, but I would like to have a quick sit down with Mr. Jobs and ask him why no one, and I mean no one, within his organization knows what the average running temperature of a Black MacBook is.

I have sent my computer in for three to five days, which ended up being five, then I needed to call and ask and was told that someone had already left me a message and I must have just not gotten it. When I went to pick my computer up they told me that they had replaced the $900 logic board, and ran all the tests they could and everything was good to go. They wiped it with a cloth to make it look pretty and I was on my way. About five minutes after turning it on and checking my email, the fan started running louder and louder. I checked the temperature on my fancy meter thing again, and it was floating around eighty-three. Eighty-Three?! It wasn’t that hot when I brought it in.

So after an entire morning on the phone with Apple, and questioning why no one in the company knows exactly how hot my computer is supposed to be running, they are sending me a new battery to see if that is the problem. If not I will need to mail my computer in and let them take a look at it, for yes, another three to five days.