My new iMac dropped dead! Or, to put it more accurately, the hard drive in my new iMac dropped dead. After working flawlessly for nearly a month, a fatal flaw reared its ugly head and sent my drive crashing to oblivion.
Of course, I did not know that had happened. I first contacted Apple Support on the phone, and when they could not resolve the problem, they sent me to the Genius Bar of my local Apple Store. Using a series of diagnostic tools, the iMac Genius discovered the hard drive was beyond redemption. The bottom line is my Mac will probably spend Christmas at the Apple Store, waiting for a new hard drive to be installed. It seems they did not have any extras on-hand.
Am I discouraged? Not really…although this will require me to redo all my work from scratch…loading programs and apps and data. I do have a backup that I did using Apple’s Time Machine, so will see if I can restore the computer without too much work. But if I do have to begin all over, it will go much faster as I now have a better understanding how a MAC differs from a PC.
And speaking of that, I have included a story(#5) from another person like me who made the switch from Windows to MAC. You might find it interesting if you ever consider making the switch yourself. I look forward to getting my machine back so I can continue my education.
PS: This will be the last tech blog the first of the year, as I, and the rest of the tech world take the holidays off. I hope your Christmas and New Years celebrations will be memorable.
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Mobile Computing
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