*bang* *bang* *bang* *bang* is the sound of my head hitting my desk

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Okay.

So, after realizing about eight different ways that trying to get a backup at work was going to suck, I took Apple-store-genius friend J's advice and hauled the eMac down to Southdale so they could help me. From St. Paul, during rush hour, in a car with no AC. That was fun. And then I hauled it from the parking lot to the store, giving myself handsome bruises on my hipbones in the process. And then, after waiting an hour or so and seeing about a quarter inch of status bar and nothing that struck my fancy up in the "Trendz" section of the mall, I decided to go home. S4 brought it home after work was done. Yay. And then I hauled it up to work today, and I plugged it in.

I highly appreciate everyone's time and effort and everything. I really, really do.

...but it's still doing the *exact* *same* *shit* it was doing before it was wiped.

People who tell me macs are oh-so easy and maintenance-free compared to PC's can line up and kiss my bony little white butt.

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[hexagonalcarbon.livejournal.com]

I haven't worked on a mac in a long time, but in general, if you've erased the harddrive and installed a clean OS and a computer suffers random lock-ups, it's a hardware problem. Most often this is caused by bad RAM, motherboard, CPU, or malfunctioning cooling system. Less often you might see a failing harddrive or bad powersupply. I assume it's beyond warranty?