I had quite a scare today. It seemed that, after nearly five years together, my beloved PowerBook G4 may be leaving me forever. After arriving at work this morning and powering up my old friend, something went wrong. An odd, never before seen message popped up on the screen. I immediately closed her up and my co-worker made an appointment for us at the Genius Bar -- the ER for Macs. 

Luckily my Genius (or "geek" as he called himself) was extremely kind and helpful. He quickly made a diagnosis of the problem, took my computer to the back for its procedure (not sure what goes on back there but I'm guessing its geekapalooza). He soon returned and my G4 was back to normal. This was a huge relief, as one can imagine. 

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You must understand, this computer is a work horse and extremely loyal. It has traveled around the world with me 6 times not to mention the innumerable domestic trips. It was even (sorry computer) inadvertently left in France for 2 months. Thankfully it was rescued by the Charles de Gaulle Airport police and returned to me via the American Consulate in Paris. Long story. 

Needless to say, we have a long history this computer and I. And I am sure the time will come when I will need to retire her but I'm just not ready for that just yet. Hang in there G4!!