Plan B Becomes Plan A

Replacing the battery didn't work, so the problem had to be a broken connection. I pried open the 2008 MacBook to see if there was a possibility for an amateur to perform a zero-cost fix; there wasn't.

The ancient white MacBook, one of the first with an Intel processor, still had its uses. It runs ran equally ancient personal-finance software, and it was never connected to the Internet for security reasons.

I pulled out the hard disk (bottom right in the illustration and, yes, we had it backed up) and put the screws and cover back. The MacBook will go to the recycling center, and we'll destroy the hard disk.

As for our personal-finance software, it still operates on the 2004 pre-Intel iMac G5. Plan B, as often happens, becomes Plan A.