We rise from the ashes!
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angelchickenHermione Ginger is dead!
LONG LIVE HERMIONE GINGER Junior!
So last night my computer had enough. Was sick of all of my, "I wanna read this", and. "I wanna download that", nonsense and just gave up, gave in, got out.
Spectacular crash begot Blue Screen of Death begot death throes involving the computer constantly restarting on a continuous loop.
It wasn't pretty.
Of course I panicked and called my mom at ten o'clock to say, "OMG MUST MAKE GENIUS BAR APPOINTMENT NOW PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!" and she did and so I went today at 1:20.
It was a long 15 hours, let me tell you.
Anywhoodle, I went and laid it out. "Genius", I said, "I am planning on getting a new computer in a month because I need it for school and also this 30GB is for the birds. Is it worth it to get a new computer now or wait and repair the one I currently have that is five-and-a-half-years-old and wonderful but, but, but . . . "
And Genius said, "New computer. Unless you want to spend $300 now and then however much a new computer is in a month".
And I voted new computer. Because I am wise.
"But Genius!", I said, "I have things! Things on old computer that I want to save! I just spent $2.58 on two songs at iTunes! Is there any way to get them on my external hard drive even though old computer is in the throes of death?"
And Genius said there was and he did.
And, holy crap, I got home, hooked up my external hard drive and was able to copy everything from the old computer onto the new one.
IT EVEN REMEMBERED MY OLD FIREFOX SESSION AND RESTORED IT! FROM AN OLD COMPUTER THROUGH MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! HOLY SHIT!
All of my bookmarks, all of the tabs I had open, everything, all here.
AND, I was able to get an I'm-about-to-be-a-student-here-is-my-not-acceptance-letter discount on both the computer AND the extended warranty.
AND I paid for a printer (need) and iPod Nano (probably don't need) which will be FULLY REFUNDED through a rebate!
I have names my new computer Hermione Ginger Junior (Junior for short) because Hermione Ginger was so good to me and I loved her and spent so much time with her. So she is honored in that way.
And my iPod is red.
And my printer also copies and scans (though I can't say how well).
And I will be getting a check in the next some-odd weeks.
Banner day, is what I am saying.
LONG LIVE HERMIONE GINGER Junior!
So last night my computer had enough. Was sick of all of my, "I wanna read this", and. "I wanna download that", nonsense and just gave up, gave in, got out.
Spectacular crash begot Blue Screen of Death begot death throes involving the computer constantly restarting on a continuous loop.
It wasn't pretty.
Of course I panicked and called my mom at ten o'clock to say, "OMG MUST MAKE GENIUS BAR APPOINTMENT NOW PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!" and she did and so I went today at 1:20.
It was a long 15 hours, let me tell you.
Anywhoodle, I went and laid it out. "Genius", I said, "I am planning on getting a new computer in a month because I need it for school and also this 30GB is for the birds. Is it worth it to get a new computer now or wait and repair the one I currently have that is five-and-a-half-years-old and wonderful but, but, but . . . "
And Genius said, "New computer. Unless you want to spend $300 now and then however much a new computer is in a month".
And I voted new computer. Because I am wise.
"But Genius!", I said, "I have things! Things on old computer that I want to save! I just spent $2.58 on two songs at iTunes! Is there any way to get them on my external hard drive even though old computer is in the throes of death?"
And Genius said there was and he did.
And, holy crap, I got home, hooked up my external hard drive and was able to copy everything from the old computer onto the new one.
IT EVEN REMEMBERED MY OLD FIREFOX SESSION AND RESTORED IT! FROM AN OLD COMPUTER THROUGH MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE! HOLY SHIT!
All of my bookmarks, all of the tabs I had open, everything, all here.
AND, I was able to get an I'm-about-to-be-a-student-here-is-my-not-acceptance-letter discount on both the computer AND the extended warranty.
AND I paid for a printer (need) and iPod Nano (probably don't need) which will be FULLY REFUNDED through a rebate!
I have names my new computer Hermione Ginger Junior (Junior for short) because Hermione Ginger was so good to me and I loved her and spent so much time with her. So she is honored in that way.
And my iPod is red.
And my printer also copies and scans (though I can't say how well).
And I will be getting a check in the next some-odd weeks.
Banner day, is what I am saying.
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Date: 2010-07-22 09:07 pm (UTC)HEY GUESS WHAT??? I'm driving to your place in a week. :D :D :D
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Date: 2010-07-22 09:46 pm (UTC)Also, OME ONE WEEK! A week from today you will be here (or almost here) and you will have a BIT!
ACK! I HAVE TO CLEAN!
=D
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Date: 2010-07-22 09:34 pm (UTC)Seeing as how I'm currently fearing the death of my old-school 2002-era half-pod iMac, I have a question for you. What kind of "external hard drive" were you using as a backup? Because I'm seriously thinking the end is near, and I want to save all my stuff. Help?
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Date: 2010-07-22 09:45 pm (UTC)I have a G-Drive that I really like. It has tons of room and is easy to connect to my laptop (I don't keep it attached all the time because laptops are mobile and external hard drives are also mobile but cumbersome. And I don't have a desk).
I got my G-Drive at the Apple Store. It has 250GB which is fine for me (I don't use huge things at the mo'. No movies or anything).
Here is some information about it (http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive.cfm).
I know, when I purchased it, it wasn't the top quality drive. I went specifically for least expensive. And I have been happy with it ever sense.
I am sorry your Mac is on the way out. So frustrating and stressful!
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Date: 2010-07-22 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-23 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-23 02:32 am (UTC)Did the Genius have an idea of what caused Hermione Ginger (maysherestinpeace) to ask for the check?
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Date: 2010-07-23 02:45 am (UTC)It's 13 inches, though, so it feels big.
When I asked the Genius about the constant restarting (over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over . . . ) I got a very. Confused. Look.
Apparently they aren't supposed to do that.
So all he said was it's a hardware thing and it would have probably needed a new motherboard. Or something. It's all technbabble to me.
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Date: 2010-07-23 03:12 am (UTC)Did you, or the Genius, try starting from an installation CD? They can also boot from an external drive at the store. If that doesn't work, yeah, it's probably something wonked on the Logic Board, so you can get a new one of those, or just a new computer.
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Date: 2010-07-23 03:21 am (UTC)And the Genius did try to boot it but it was all wonky-like and I was getting a new computer anyway, so I just had him do the bare minimum.
I probably have a new intel mac, but I don't know.
I do know that it is speeeeeeedy! And there is so much room! I could empty out my whole external drive and still have over 200GB of space left!
I want to download HUGE THINGS just because I can!
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Date: 2010-07-23 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-23 05:15 pm (UTC)2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
So, look for those four horsekittens of the apocalypse to be scampering on by, I'm thinking.
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Date: 2010-07-24 01:59 am (UTC)Hee hee, scampering Kittens Of The Apocalypse! Somehow it makes sense for Doomsday to be scampering instead of galloping.