The laptop is dead. The hard drive is fried! I find out tomorrow if I actually still have my back-ups on the external drive I borrowed from a friend or not. If I don’t, everything from July 2007 up is lost… that includes Cambodia, Vietnam and The Philippines as well as a lot of writing and every picture I hold dear. I don’t usually get too pissed off about losing stuff, but it’s my fault… I held on to the idea of the Mighty Macintosh and learned that although virus free, a hard drive can still die and not backing it up is stupid!
So the scooter died a a month ago and I spent money I didn’t want to spend on that, but I did. I got the cat adopted to what I thought was a good home and they brought him back because they couldn’t handle a second cat… so I have to spend money on him. I booked the trip which is most of my saving at the moment, so I am working on less than a good amount in the bank right now.
A new hard drive or just a new laptop. I guess I have to decide, but from what I understand, the little bit more money may be worth it for the new laptop… and I will definitely get the extended AppleCare package this time so if (and when) the new one dies, Mac can pay for it!
I can easily use the credit card and buy a new laptop tomorrow, but I don’t like to use my credit cards here. The exchange rates from Visa and MC are not that great compared to what I get for transferring money back home, so I would rather not use them for this. Plus, it is Taiwanese practice to charge the credit fee the company incurs to the purchacer here, so paying extra to use the card, then paying a higher exchange rate does not make sense at all.
I have a tax return coming in August which is the same amount as a new MacBook, so I have to see if I should wait or not. I can use this old G3 for now, but I get no Skype to talk to anyone anymore (which I need to keep my phone bills down) and it is really slow. I got the computer the last year as the Editor in Chief of the newspaper in university so it is over six years old now. I also have the very first Mac iBook (the blue clam-shell ones) at home in Canada and it still works fine. So why did my new, top of the line MacBook die but my classic ones still live on? Who knows.
So, I’m doing everything I can to get this laptop to do something for me until I at least get paid. Of course a new laptop takes away money I expected to use on our month long trek through Southeast Asia… wonderful!
Oh, and to top it all off tonight… I have the flu. Aching muscles, headache, cough and a temperature that could probably fry and egg right now on my chest. Wonderful since the graduation show is this week and we need all the practice we can get. A day off to recover… I lose time on a play they are not that happy with and I lose money which is needed for fixing the computer. Looks like I wear a SARS mask to work tomorrow and gut it out.
Comments (1)
The scooter that you just bought recently died?
Man, you are miserable…
Hope the next days are a lot better for you.