"A Lemon of an Apple"

Me:  "I don't know what happened.  My computer was frozen, so after four hours, [I waited that long as my brother tells me I click out of impatience way too soon], I shut said computer down. I then tried to start it again, and all I got was a gray screen with a flashing folder that had a question mark in the middle of it." 

Apple Bar Genius:  "Let's hook it up to my super-duper little thingy" [Super-duper thingy are my words -  actually the young man that helped me was the picture of professionalism and had the correct actions and words describing my situation] "that will help determine what the problem might be."

Me:  "OK - that sounds promising...I think."

Apple Genius:  "Oh...Oh my...Oh dear....this doesn't look good.  My gizmo [My words again] says that your hard drive is not here."  I replied: "What do you mean it's not HERE?"  "Well ma'am, it's not here any longer - it has just quit WORKING.", he replied.  Me:  "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT HAS JUST QUITE WORKING?? ARE YOU *&#*&% KIDDING ME???" (That last line I was thinking, not saying out loud - I am polite if nothing else!) "No, Ma'am, I'm not." he replied.  Most unfortunately.

My computer is only a year and a half years old AND IT HAS STOPPED WORKING???? You must be KIDDING!?!?!?  If I didn't have the extended warranty, I'd be up the creek without that good old paddle, but I do have that little old warranty, so I "get" a new hard drive. However...have I backed up all my stuff recently??  Nope!! Shame on me, big big time, shame on me!!  

And So -

My bottom line is, I took my computer to the very nice and kind Geniuses at the Apple Genius Bar (an innovative and excellent operation - efficient and fast) and they told me that my hard drive is shot.  That shot hard drive is an Apple responsibility.  While they are not responsible for what is on my hard drive because it's my responsibility to back it up, I have learned that my hard drive has been defective from the factory, thus from the get-go, and that is their responsibility.  So...let's see...I have a computer that is defective from the get go:  Conversation with a techi: (He's chuckling):  "Well, I guess you have a lemon of an Apple!"  (His body will never be found.) And to add insult to injury, I have to pay to back up all my data that wouldn't be lost if I hadn't had a defective ~from the factory~ hard drive in the first place???  I wish I could at least get a guarantee of a future non-crashing working computer....

I am without my computer.  May you (collective Apple folk) be without your computer every single day I'm without mine!  Let's see how well your day goes!  Blah!

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You all really should take a little side-trip to my brother, Bill's post today.  The apricots from the overloaded tree in his yard are now ripe and he's made and photographed his apricot margarita recipe. You'll want to dive right in and drink the whole thing up.  Here's a little taste to whet your whistle:

  

Photo courtesy of my brother, Bbum.

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xoabb