At 10:16 AM 2/19/2003 -0800, Elizabeth Brion wrote:
>I'm also a little cranky about buying new releases because twice in the 
>last 3 months, I've tried to rip MP3s from 2002 Warners releases to 
>iTunes on my desktop computer, and both times the hard drive has 
>completely crashed. I've never had any problems with the computer other 
>than that - not even minor ones. The first time, I thought it might be 
>a coincidence; now I'm not so sure. This does not really make me 
>inclined to purchase more of their product - and besides, all those 
>repair bills have to come out of the music budget! Dammit!

Wait -- a Macintosh CRASHED?  Why, the commercials say that they never do!  Shouldn't someone alert the authorities?  Why, no one will believe this story if it involves a Mac crashing!

tounge in anti-Mac-hype cheek,

Miles

p.s.: seriously, sorry about the crashes.  Few problems that don't involve illness or fatality are as aggravating as a hard disc failure.  Hope everything got restored just fine.