5.16.2008

Spinning Beotch Ball

I'm having very unhealthy thoughts at the moment. Thoughts of murder and hair pulling. Does anyone have any idea how incredibly annoying it is for someone who works on a computer to have to sit there and wait until that over thought and over designed Mac beach ball stops spinning to do work? ANYBODY? I've have worked on a Mac for about 8 years now and never had this problem before. If you know me, you know that I can forget what I am talking about in mid sentence, so, sitting and waiting for that ball to stop spinning does not help my design process. I have made mention of it once or twice to the "tech guy" around the office, only to get a "Hmmmm. Maybe it's just you." I have also done a bunch of trashing and updating. Nothing.

I wonder what would happen if I just accidently go tangled in the cords and smashed the computer on the floor. Maybe I could trip on my pant leg in mid swing of a sledge hammer and hit the computer in the middle of the screen. Seems like that's the only solution given that I have mentioned the annoying beach ball and slow activity a million times and nothing is getting done about it. I dream about the colorful spinning ball. That's how much I see the damn thing.

Maybe this only goes to show that a computer is still a computer no matter who makes it. It's only the details (i.e. iLife, iWeb, blah blah blah) that appeal to the consumer.

Now. . . the hair pulling, because I know I will have to wait at least 30 seconds for this to post.

1 comment:

  1. Wandered over here from Dooce. Loved your "whip it" philosophy. I think I'm going to put that on my bathroom mirror today.

    BTW, having just switched to Mac, not loving the spinning ball every time I launch photoshop elements. Other than that, loving the Mac.

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