I’m going to give you a little insight into my experience with computers thus far.
In 2014 I was given a Mac Book Pro for my birthday. It was an exciting new toy that I was going to use for my impending university degree and into my professional career. Alas, this was not meant to be.
In 2015 I started a law degree but promptly moved away from this course as it was a gross misrepresentation of myself as a person. But, I have to say, within the first week of law I was back at the Apple store having my computers’ tracking pad replaced. This was definitely stressful as the law study was piling up and I was without a computer and couldn’t seem to settle into university. So, after this was all sorted out I had a gap year where I worked and relaxed after a rigorous 13 years of schooling. I’m a person that needs stimulation, so it didn’t take long before the boredom and anxieties began to kick in. Thankfully 2016 was approaching so I began to wipe the dust off the Mac Book and test it our for real. I noticed that it was extremely slow and long story short, after about 4 trips to the Apple store and countless stressful phone calls I was able to (deservingly) snag a replacement. My reliance on media was becoming very present as my stress died down at this accomplishment. I arrived at RMIT university in 2016 ready to study with a brand new computer. The world was at my feet and I was ready to begin this rocky (hopefully not too rocky) path into the professional world.
So, here I am now about to enter week 7 and I would love to tell you how I spent the end of week 6. Not even a whole 6 weeks into the course and my computer began to display the same symptoms as my first ‘dud’. The feelings of unease began to rise and the stress became unbearable. On Friday morning I was trying to work on my project brief 3 when things became impossible. I couldn’t even use 1 application at a time without the computer freezing let alone use video editing software. Like… am I cursed? I had a little snap and I rang Apple where I spoke to them for at least an hour with an end result of– “basically there’s nothing we can do for you right now”. So, as any angry hormonal (still teenage) girl would do, I marched my way into Chadstone Apple store and basically demanded a replacement. I can’t really say I’m surprised that they offered me a refund (which is out of character for Apple) because I was not leaving that store until I had results.
I returned my computer the next day and upgraded to a new Mac Book Pro which has been working amazingly today, and hopefully (touch wood) it will continue to do it’s job for some time to come. All I can say is that with the amount of issues Apple seems to have presented to them, they have always tried (and succeeded) to help me.
So, I’m in two minds about this, but: thanks Apple.
Also, thank you for giving me an insight into how utterly consumed we are with media. Fundamentally, this generational living requires media. We have a severe disadvantage if we do not have access to media.
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