h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So, I got a call from the computer repair center last night, saying that my mac was fixed, the OS installed, and ready to go home. I went down this morning to pick it up, after almost killing myself on the ice that had formed on the sidewalk overnight. To my dismay, I found that they hadn't been able to save the data.

However, as I walked back to school, laptop firmly in padded case, I began to think about the silver linings this might have- true, I had lost most of my honors project, and it would be a royal pain to type the data all back in. However, I *could* assuage my loss by getting the spiffy new Microsoft Office for Mac, instead of reinstalling the old clunky version I had to run in the Classic environment. I chose the new one.

So, after downloading my old freeware (Adium, iPodder), I made it up to the Computer Solutions store on campus. There, I found out that not only could I get a hefty discount on the new version of Office, I could get Virtual PC for Mac for an extra $20! I jumped on it, and installed it on my computer right away!

As it turns out, I need another 200 megs of RAM to run Virtual PC, but that won't take much work/money/time to get. I can install the software anytime I want!

From the new, rebuilt Bionic Mac Daddy, this is Scandrea, signing off to save her honors project!

That's great... whenever you load a new page it'll go ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch! to show how fast it is.

Woohoo, I could have told you you wouldn't be able to get your stuff back, I couldn't get my story that I was writing back at the time actually having to write the thing again was the best thing to do as I had a lot of new ideas to go in so the rewritten it was better than the original

If this load of old garbage makes any sense

Traveller in Time listening to dedicated music devices
"And take care next time you find loads of free music . . . "

Wooohooo hi tinker



just remember to back up your stuff to cd/dvd data disks and you won't have to worry! i know what it feels like to lose stuff

and doing incremental backups more than once a week might be helpfull

Nah, it wasn't a software problem, I'm sure of it! The installer couldn't even find the disk when I tried to reinstall!

It's 'cause you use a Mac... we all know they're rubbish.

OUT, HEATHEN!

Ooh Mac zealot.

*struts out*

Shoo!! Gerroff!!

Old Mac Zealot

Websailor

Well, while I've never really been a Mac Zealot, I will admit that Macs have Escape Velocity.

Which is just a fantastic game.

A game that Windows will never have.

Ah, well. I'll cope somehow.

Plus macs have both superior hardware and OS... Why am I using a PC, with Windows on it?

Because you're a glutton for punishment?

TB, you just have to get your hands on the Mac mini that has come out! It's not that expensive, and I'm sure you have an extra monitor and keyboard laying about...

But can ou buy the same games for it

BC (priorities stuck on the really important things)

most of the good PC games are availible on the Mac

So, all of the slightly shotty ones aren't. That would suck.

:P

Cat

nah, there are crap ones too, but less crap gets ported across as there'd be no point if noone's going to buy it

i'll be open minded about macs.....
and not let my bad experience taint my opinion.... after all its not the stupid computers fault...
why does my brother move into my old schools just as the new computers do too!?
i had to work on an itty bitty mac, with black and white screne, that was so so so so slow....drated school... oh, but of course they have new computers now.....

oooh! sorry! ...ranting...

sorry to hear about your loosing your data scandrea!

Hey, there's nothing wrong with the old classic macs, I want one... but maybe that says more about me than the macs