Hi,
How old is it? My first guess would be a failed hard drive. Replacing them isn't easy (Apple make the machines very hard to open) and there will probably be some minor cosmetic damage if you open the case yourself.
If it is the hard drive then the restore disc that came with the machine will reinstall but obviously that's a bit difficult since your optical drive is sick too. If you're lucky it may just be a cabling problem. What is the symptom with the optical drive?
Cheers,
Paul.
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From: Tim <xendistar@???>
Sender: hampshire-bounces@???
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:55:51
To: Dorset Linux User Group<dorset@???>; Hampshire LUG Discussion List<hampshire@???>
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Subject: [Hampshire] Mac book repairer
My daughter Macbook seem to have given up the ghost, while we can it to boot to
the desktop 1 in 3 attempts, it is very slow. It is not helped by the fact that
the optical drive is also dead (died back end of November). Can anybody suggest
any thing to check (complete Mac newbie here) and does anybody know of any
repairer for Macs in Bournemouth, Southampton Portsmouth area.
Tim
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