Greg Hartnett

I had to go to my local Apple shop to replace a power supply that got fried via a surge through an outlet at home. I was terrified that I had screwed up something inside, but as it turns out, the power supply is equipped to handle the entire surge, and takes the damage to protect all internal circuitry. I was pleased as pie to learn that no damage had befallen my beloved laptop and even more so to hear that it was covered under the standard Apple warranty.

So while I was there, I took advantage of the off-hours crowd (or lack thereof) and spoke for awhile with a sales rep. I explained to the guy that as a lifelong PC user, it felt so foreign to me to be running without any virus protection. He told me that he had not heard of anybody over the last three years that became infected with a virus. Instead of worrying about a virus, he informed me, I should protect myself against future data loss. In order to protect myself from any catastrophic data loss, I purchased a copy of .Mac (for a recent Apple buyer discount). It has a really cool backup feature that lets you choose, and schedule, which files to backup to Apple servers. At the pre-selected time(s) my computer will now automatically copy selected files to a server hosted at Mac.com, where I could retrieve any important documents. Additionally, a .Mac subscription comes with calendar sync, address book sync, email, and a homepage. Nice add-ons…

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