so i guess my life wouldn’t be complete without at least one more apple product i own crapping out on me when i need it the most. well it happened… surprise, surprise. my brand new macbook just bit the dust… after only 6 months.

there is a lot of bitching and moaning going on in the tech world about apple lately. and it’s funny, because most people are just now figuring out what i’ve been saying for over a year: the quality of apple products has been on a steady decline for quite some time now. i’ve had two laptops and an ipod die on me in the past 6 months.

luckily, this time the fallout wasn’t as bad as when my powerbook ate it. i had somewhat of a recent backup (3 weeks) and i was able to recover the most important data i had on the failed drive with diskwarrior. but for about 8 hours there, i was a little worried. all my business plans, recent recordings and design projects were on there.

i really want to ditch apple; i’m really disappointed with them. but i can’t! it’s so frustrating. i love logic too much, it is a critical tool in my workflow. so it looks like i’m stuck having to put up with their crappy manufacturing and quality issues for the unforeseen future. unless… well… no, scratch that, i hate pro tools even more, so that’s not even an option.