Jack Nicholson once said, in Terms of Endearment, "...I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

i liked it.. kept the phrase..it's so perfect...

i wanted to upgrade my computer's memory... because a brand new mac doesn't come with enough to remember to blow its nose. It's easy they said. $100 for the stick they said. Just pop out the panel that is attached by ONE SCREW they said. Well, that screw is of nonstandard size. No one on the planet has a screwdriver in their home of that size. i had to call apple to find out what i needed... can't very well drag the computer to the poor sap at the hardware counter at Canadian Tire now can i? So.. they sya it's a teeny little screwdriver.. maybe one in an eyeglasses kit would work. Ok.. i have one of those... someplace... a place which is safe.. and shall forever remain a mystery because i cannot find it.

It amazes me just how the world seems to conspire against me sometimes. So i drive to CT and look for the right tool... but all of them have different sizes, even tho they have the same number on them. i buy a selection of screwdrivers. i can open ANYTHING now.

the screw finally did come out.. the memory went in.. i have NO idea if it's in right.. or if it's DOING anything.. my windows machine would have told me it saw new hardware and i would know.. my mac doesnt talk to me. we have a tense relationship and it knows i dislike it. It looks cool and it knows it.. it's extremely vain. The memory stick is really impractically placed, difficult to align and you really dont know if it's doing anything at all.

i think i may have just spent $150 to get my mac's hair done.

[Perna]

That's very cute, MzJello; you should publish that on a blog somewhere where Mac people will read it.

My stepmother's line I use was like Jack's. "Better than a stick in the eye!"

[wanttoheal]

You can click on the apple in the top left corner and then click on "About This Mac." It will show what your memory amount is. Hope that helps.

[sunrise]

Look under memory and see how much you have now. It should be more than before.

If you put "bad" memory into a Mac, it plays a special song to alert you. So the fact you got no song bodes well.

[Christina86]

Okay, that's a hilarious story. Laughing throughout.

Hope it works out for you.

[TaintedGoth1]

I hate working with computers, too.

I need a new one because I don't even have enough RAM to run anything smoothly on this thing! It's a Dell Dimension 2300...apparently one of the worst models!!! Tons of memory but barely enough virtual memory to run everything I need for IE7!

Man...I hope you got your MAC fixed up with more memory and all...best of luck to ya!

[Cyran0]

Funny. I'm a devoted mac guy but still funny.

Cyran0

[314159pi]

i agree with the other Mac-heads that you can tell how much memory is installed in your Mac by looking up the "about this Mac" option in the apple menu. that applies to all macs regardless of which version of the operating system you have running on a Mac.
Additionally, there are on-line movies which instruct mac-users how to install additional memory without paying a techie to do it for you. These are available at the memory vendor "otherworldcomputing" which specailizes in serving Mac-heads.
I like the fact that you get your tools for electronics at a tire store. That's sort of like going to Timmy Horton's for a steak.
best to you ms fluff,
pi

canadian tire is a hardware store... that happens to have started as a tire place i guess... lawn garden housewares tools hardware paint cookware sporting goods petcare electronics keycutting lighting seasonal.... the really big ones have a clothing dept.. im serious. (google mark's work warehouse - really nice clothes, unless you want a raincoat that has a hood on it - dont ask, its another thing to stick needles in) Did no one consider it weird to be able to buy insulin, bacon and underpants in the same store? (ie walmart)

i dont even know where else to go for tools.. other than home despot.. and not only are they not canadian, but they are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the big box section of the city that i cant get to without a car.

and timmy's has a steak sandwich now

my mac and i have decided to have a marriage of convenience... its convenient for the mac i mean. for me it means that i discovered that dante grossly miscalculated. (meaning, there is a special section in the new supermall installed below the former lower level of hell... saved for those of us doomed to be able to work from home.. and by default, never be able to go home from work)

perna.. i even signed up for a blog here... cant bring myself to write in it... i wonder what i called it?

no unhappy noises from mistress mac - except for that horrible bell sound it makes... im not even sure why its making that one... it seems to be how it says "no"

tainted, dont talk like that in front of your PC.. i did, look what happened to me.

[314159pi]

Oh you're funny. Bacon and underpants in the same store? Well i guess you can put lipstick on a pig after all. Oh my, what a marriage of convenience! You can always use Itunes to play your special song that you and Mac have. I get most of my mac entertainment from the Dilbert widget on my desktop.
Hang in there Ms.Fluff. You can always use FreshDirect.com to order the man of your dreams--if he is a jar of Nutella.
pi