YDI because: - You bought an Apple, that is, an overpriced piece of rubbish. - You managed to overpay for an already overpriced piece of junk. - You shell out a fortune for a laptop (and I'm very generous here), but then you're a cheap ass and don't buy an insurance. - You buy an expensive item and then you carelessly leave it laying on the floor. - You have the attention span of a lobotomised, dead mouse and step on your overpriced wanking material for wannabe cool people.

applecare wouldnt cover that kind of damage apple reps would laugh just like we laughed at the customer who brought in his macbook to be fixed and we found a pb&j stuffed into the cd drive. true story. next time dont leave your $3500 toys on the floor

If you just bought it 4 days ago, you should still be able to buy the insurance. I'm pretty sure they give you one year to do so.

YDI nigga

everyone thats hates mac is either a: to poor to buy one b: havent tried it. macs run way faster and all the programs on it work well with each other. unlike pc where everything ***** other things up. so really stfu if you hate apple. your poor or hypocritical get over your ******* selves fuckheads. jesus and microsofts mp3 players work well. oh, how bout the xbox? red ringed 6 times so **** off

I just bought my MacBook Pro and I had to save up so long to be able to afford it. You will NEVER see me leaving it on the floor. How careless.

you deserve it for spending that kind of money on a status symbol. hahahahaha.

Thats why they have a 14 day warranty that goes into effect when you buy the computer. just take it to the apple store and get a new one.

Okay, you guys need to stop arguing about this because you sound like Apple and Microsoft's advertising strategies. All the Windows calling price and the Macs calling viruses and security. THAT'S BULLSHIT. If you want to compare OSs find something better about them to promote, like the UI. For example, I've got Macs, I've always got Macs, I love and support them. From the PPC days where Apple pretended PPCs could double Pentium speeds until Apple switched strategies and said Intel's processors could double PPC speeds like the malicious underhanded motherfuckers they are. Now let's be honest here, Macs are expensive. Some people argue that there are subtle aspects not included in Windows that are frequently overlooked. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9023959/Mac_vs._PC_cost_analysis_How_does_it_all_add_up_ http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090415_602968_page_2.htm http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2004/05/mac_vs_pc_a_small_cost_compari.html (above: some hardly credible sources supporting the above point) But even I find these arguments a bit wishy washy, especially when all you may be looking for is something to, say, type shit into. Windows really takes the cake in that respect: http://lowendmac.com/fishkin/07/0109.html (above: more of the same) Furthermore, there simply are no games for Macintosh computers (except for the games they come with, which are all better than bloody solitaire). Every game that comes out for it is either made by EA and infested with secuROM or is an adaptation of a Windows game. There is Crossover, but emulation will always be shaky at best. Now, viruses are a separate matter. While it's true that what gets most people into deep shit is their own stupidity, as well as the fact that Macs just don't have a lot of viruses made for them, there are some points that need to be made about security. Windows, by default, sets the first user as the root (I'm pretty sure this still hasn't been fixed, it seems to be Microsoft's the one-button mouse). This means that any viruses you DO have get the potential to unlimited access to your computer. Few other operating systems do this, Mac and Linux both just set you up as admin or master. Furthermore, Windows only just recently implemented a long used function that makes it request a password when a part of the computer that requires special permissions is accessed. That's a new thing apparently, in Vista. A tad behind I feel. Now, for the main point, which is the interface argument, and really the only relevant one, we'll start with the biggy: Dock vs Start menu. This is practically a no brainer. The dock is the start menu but constantly visible, customizable and one less click away. You can drag any sort of file or folder into the dock (applications are segregated for convenience), and considering most preferences or complex computer function on the Mac is its own separate program in the Utilities folder (instead of integrated into Finder or Explorer) that means that all software, all peculiar buried tasks, are simply one click away. Moving on, window control. You'd really expect Windows to dominate this area, but with the ingenuity of Windows Flip and the repulsive Windows Flip 3D, it falls behind. Windows is an Operating system that discourages multitasking. There's actually a button that makes what you're doing eat up all the screen real estate. Flip 3D is useless, why would you unstack all my precious windows, make them smaller, and then just stack them again so that I can, still, only see one at a time, and can't drag and drop between them. In contrast to this, Flip4Mac (a shameless ripoff), expose and spaces are magnificent tools of window management. Spaces especially, which gives you an extra 15 desktops to use for really big projects. And for a space that needs many windows, expose to manage them (or clear them out of the way). There's also spring loaded folders, the whole operating system is much more receptive to drag and drop, there's the dashboard, and there's the fact that deleting a program doesn't require a funny hidden menu, an uninstallation wizard and the potential to delete important system files. It requires drag and drop. Once. And finally, the file browsing. Instead of just icons, there's an everything-in-one-window nested view that you'll only get on windows when installing really old and peculiar software (or navigating visual basic), there's an eyecandy preview view, which I guess is useful when you're browsing the preview images/movies/music that Finder provides. And finally there's columns, my personal favourite, that opens each new folder in a separate column, allowing you to easily see and interact with the path you took to get there. So really, when I finish a long day of whatever it is I do, it's nice to say I have walked into my house, sat down at my sleek Macintosh at about seven or eight, yelled to the cabby, "Yo home, smell you later." Looked at my computer, I was finally there, to settle in my throne as the prince of bel-air.

thank you. OP, that sucks; but the fact is, carefulness alone isn't enough. We're all clumsy from time to time, that's why insurances and stuff exist in the first place... (and honestly, I like mac. I also like PC, and open source. Hell, when I'm old and a millionaire, I'll probably have one of each. But until then I'd never, ever put $3500 on a computer... Those things die like flies!)