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July 22, 2004
i want to date the genius bar
well, i put the challenge to my fellow mac geeks at work... and got back the idea that finally released the stuck DVD from my powerbook's drive-- reset the PRAM. ran some other tests and diagnostics... didn't get anywhere.
drove straight to the apple store after work and was able to get my hands on a genius right away. i liked this guy-- the first thing he did was read the kernel panic log, and saw that my AirPort card was being mentioned. i was actually kinda surprised that the other guy, last night, never looked at the log.
i wound up leaving the powerbook at the store... it's under warranty so basically it's up to them to troubleshoot and fix it. i guess. i hope :)
at some point during the day, i realized that my old tangerine ibook is, right now, the least broken of all my computers-- all it needs is a new power adapter. so i walked out of the store with a power adapter, and here i am happily typing away on good ol' squishy. i am reminded again of what a great computer this is-- i spent many happy and productive hours developing web sites and doing all kinds of stuff with it. it may be considered dated technology these days (it's not even running OSX), but today i'm very happy to be using it.
oh, and yes, i want to date the genius bar. you know how certain girls would be reputed to date, say, the entire football team or the entire chess club? (ok, maybe not the chess club...) well, lemme tell ya... a guy with good customer service skills who can also out-geek me and fix my powerbook is damned sexy. plus, they're all kind of cute.
Posted by lisa at July 22, 2004 07:11 PM | TrackBack
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What's the "bar" part of the "genius bar"?
Posted by: Phil on July 22, 2004 09:44 PM
at the apple store, in the back of the store, they have this thing called the "genius bar". anyone can bring their mac in and the guys who work back there-- the "geniuses"-- will help them with... anything.
there is, literally, a bar with stools in front of it, which is where these guys work.
Posted by: lisa on July 22, 2004 09:59 PM
Seems like I heard the genius bar originally used to offer Apple branded bottled water, but they dropped that by the time our store opened.
Posted by: Sarah on July 23, 2004 07:18 AM
Oh damn, that's cool.
Posted by: Phil on July 23, 2004 11:16 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.