Computer Woes.

A lot has happened in the past three months. The latest - I did buy a MacBook Pro. Two weeks ago my old Dell laptop was subject to a terrible blow [no details necessary] and I finally decided to switch over to a Mac.

I spend the next three days up and downloading programs and transferring files - the ones that were backed up. That was another blow - I had thought that all my writing files were in DropBox. Well, they were not. I am still reeling from that one. A presentation "Making Room for More" on creative writing that I was to present at the Examined Life Conference was also lost. For 24 hours I was in an abyss - ready to cancel the conference and an upcoming trip to Poland. Then I remembered that I had emailed the presentation to a friend a while back! I had to update it, but I did not have to start from scratch.

So, happier and with my new MacBook Pro I boarded the Dreamliner bound for Warsaw. The next day, I proudly pull out my new laptop to show my friends some photos - and the screen is white. No apple symbol, no frame, no toolbars. White. Turn off, turn on - same thing the next seven times I do it. This is not supposed to happen with Mac! That's why I bought it!

Panic. This time I did store the presentation properly on DropBox, so that was safe. I was going to update a few slides, but I just gave up. I sent the link to the conference assistant and that was that.
I now have a new laptop - exchanged without fuss at the Apple Store. Had to spend another full day getting it up to speed. Hope to god and all other powers that this is the end of this story.