Thought for Food

I’m fucked - but how fucked am I? (Advice requested)

Greetings from your neighborhood fuckwad. Nice to meet you. They call me Nora, aka the fucking klutz who doesn’t deserve nice things. (Excuse my fucks.)

I spilled iced coffee on my beautiful 1-year-old Macbook Pro two days ago (FUCK!!!!). Apple will charge $1240 to refurbish (double fuck!). Tekserve will charge $250 to  clean it, nonrefundable, no guarantees it will work (fuck?).

Once they open it they’ll tell me what needs to be replaced. That will definitely include keyboard, possibly the Smartboard (about $900). There is a decent chance I will end up spending around $1240 through Tekserve, tho it could be less ($500-1000? who knows?). They warned me that if they end up having to replace a lot of parts it would be more expensive than Apple’s complete refurbishment because they have to buy parts at a higher cost.

If it matters, the coffee spilled in the upper right edge of the keyboard; it worked for 24 hours although the delete and return buttons and a few others did not. Then it stopped working completely. Now it sorta turns out but doens’t boot completely.

So my question is this: do I gamble on Tekserve ($250++)? Do I go with Apple ($1240)? Do I buy a new laptop for $1700 + tax (I work for a university & get the education discount)?

Do I shoot myself in the fucking head?