The Apple of my eye...

So since I was a wee little lad my family and I have always had an Apple Macintosh. My father bought the original '84 apple (see You Tube for the commercial) if it doesn't work...search it yourself. Anyways, so time went on the apple went out and we lived computer free for a good, I would say 10 years until I realized, I wanted a computer. I got a compaq (it was cheap for a computer then...and I am talkin $1600 or so...and the Mac I wanna say was somewhere between $1900 and $3000!! Anyways back to my point. After I got a compaq and that flopped oh so quickly I decided on my first new mac in a few years, so i purchased an old "Blueberry colored" i-Mac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Indigo_iMac_G3_slot_loading.jpg I loved that computer and held it close and tight until I realized portable was the way to go, I mean at that point of my life I was getting lazy and didn't want to go in the "office" and use the computer, I wanted it right front of me, on my lap where I can make sure it's behaving. So I erased the hard drive, reset everything, and sold it on E-bay for like $400 bucks. Pretty good sale I would say. So on the way was a lovely little iBook the one in the picture, sans mouse. I must admit I was blown away by this powerful machine, and it treated me well for a long time, in fact it was only last summer when I purchased my newest mac the MacBook and here is where my story gets good.
So last summer I purchased this MacBook it really is one of the coolest tools in the world, it does so much. I had my photos, music, movies, you name it i did it on my computer. It is one of the things I would go in a burning building, the first two of course Jeremy and the boys. Well so I am attending my second to last class meeting before I receive my MSEd in Assistive Technology...remember that it is useful info for laster on in this blog. Well so I am so good at technology (people tell me) that I am usually the go to guy in class now, etc. So I was sitting in class yesterday, working on a movie, playing with some new programs, when I get...(scary music here...maybe a theatrical scream) THE SPINNING BEACHBALL OF DEATH!!!!
not something you really wanna see. SO I gave my computer a hard shut down, whispered sweet nothings into the microphone gave it a good rub, and turned it on...wait...regular gray screen, good sign? NO since the next screen was the BLINKING DEATH FOLDER...meaning...my hard drive...CRASHED, fried, boom, its dead, kaput...etc. So, I turned the computer back on, shut the lid, breathed...then tried again...nope it'd dead. Okay good thing I bought Apple Care, right? DAMN RIGHT IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER!!!! Not only did Apple fix the damn thing right in the store, I got a bigger hard drive, and all the new iLife tools, and LEOPARD!!! I am SOOOO excited, and they replace the top cover on my keyboard, my clicker works, and there is no more crack. I love nice friendly helpful service people, thanks Apple...thanks for being a friend! Although I must say, I miss the Happy Smiley Mac icon and the Frowny face icons, for a happy computer and a sad one :( Oh well, I love my basically new computer...the whole lesson to this...backup before you say "Hey I am going to back up my computer tonite."