I've been a Mac user since I was about 11 years old. I love Macs and am delighted that they should have a new surge in popularity thanks to the iPod and that they've come to be known as "Apples" rather than (dirty men in) Macs.
My Powerbook G4 is my first-born child (my A3 printer and my new camera being my 2nd and 3rd children.) But it seems to have reached its teenage years (3 and a half human years) because recently it's been rebelling against me. The disc drive packed in about a year ago and had to be replaced at great expense. The battery lost the power of its youth and had to go into retirement (2.5 years in human years) and that too had to be replaced. Then, programs started to shut down suddenly of their own accord, without warning, without saving.
Then, about a month ago the new battery, only a year old died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - it just stopped working and would not charge. So my laptop then became the world's most compact desktop; if I pulled out the cord it switched off - the battery literally had no power in it.
But tonight, ladies and gentlemen, there has been a miracle. My flatmate's girlfriend managed to trip the circuits in the flat yet again, making my computer take a sudden nap right while I was in the middle of a "very important" google search. My irritation at having to restart my computer quickly subsided because the power cut must have had some kind of Frankenstein lightning effect, cos the battery has come to life again!
It's charging at the moment, so fingers crossed it's going to stay alive.
While I haven't experienced all of the problems this guy is talking about, his delivery is pretty hilarious to anyone familiar with crApple motherMACers.
And this video is a brilliant take on the future of the iPod.
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