The Dead MacBook Lives Again

I mentioned that my wife’s MacBook died in my last post. Yesterday it returned to the land of the living in the dumbest way possible. Before I explain, you have to understand something. This thing was dead dead. Completely unresponsive to any and all input, including the recovery key combos. I let it sit on the charger for a good long while. No change. I took it off the charger for another good long while. No change. Making it Apple’s problem Apple will do a free diagnostic if you take your device into a store. I may as well, right? Just before leaving, I double checked the laptop again so I wouldn’t accidentally look stupid bringing in a working device for diagnostics. Still dead, as expected. We get to the store, check in with a support person, explain the problem, and open the laptop for them. Obviously it immediately lights up and goes straight to the login screen. So much for double checking it beforehand. Best guess They ran a diagnostic anyway since we were there. Everything…