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Laptop Woes
Oct. 6th, 2009 04:00 pmJust got a call from the Apple Store. My new WiFi card is in, ready and waiting for me to bring this sucker in. The only bad thing about it that, they said it would take three to five days before I get this thing back.
So, Now I'm going through the boring ritual of clearing out over 6000 files (already backed up to other medium) from one HD so that I can back up my laptop. Nothing like waiting several hours for the backup to be done. I'll have tons of client files (all video and audio), my kids' home work and another ton of miscellaneous files that I won't be able to get access to until hubby gets home and I steal his Mac away from him. Which the odds of that happening are slim to none. (He's as much of a Mac head as I am, actually more so.)
The thing that pisses me off is, I know were the card is located on this thing and I know how to install it. But if I want to do it myself, I'll void the warranty. I know putting the card in DOES NOT take 3-5 days, 2-3 hours at most.
UGH! Why can't they just say to bring it in first thing in the morning and you get it back in the afternoon!
At least I don't have any pressing projects (ones that are due within the next week or so), so I do have some time to do without it. I just don't like being without it.
It's times like this that I wish I had a better backup Mac than the one I do have. An old, loaded Mac G4 desktop is not my ideal Mac anymore. Do get me wrong, I can still do my work from that one, it just takes 4 times longer to get files rendered from it. And that it is wasted time!
So, Now I'm going through the boring ritual of clearing out over 6000 files (already backed up to other medium) from one HD so that I can back up my laptop. Nothing like waiting several hours for the backup to be done. I'll have tons of client files (all video and audio), my kids' home work and another ton of miscellaneous files that I won't be able to get access to until hubby gets home and I steal his Mac away from him. Which the odds of that happening are slim to none. (He's as much of a Mac head as I am, actually more so.)
The thing that pisses me off is, I know were the card is located on this thing and I know how to install it. But if I want to do it myself, I'll void the warranty. I know putting the card in DOES NOT take 3-5 days, 2-3 hours at most.
UGH! Why can't they just say to bring it in first thing in the morning and you get it back in the afternoon!
At least I don't have any pressing projects (ones that are due within the next week or so), so I do have some time to do without it. I just don't like being without it.
It's times like this that I wish I had a better backup Mac than the one I do have. An old, loaded Mac G4 desktop is not my ideal Mac anymore. Do get me wrong, I can still do my work from that one, it just takes 4 times longer to get files rendered from it. And that it is wasted time!
