Web/Tech: May 2005 Archives

Silly, silly me. I thought I could just waltz right into the Apple store, wait in an abnormally long line, and get a new ipod. O dear me, no. Turns out spots at Apple's genius bar (it doesn't take a genius to figure out that this thing is broken, I might add) start going at 6am on the website and are usually gone by 10am. Although for an extra $99 (!) , you can reserve a spot up to seven days in advance. Does this seem wrong to anyone? Apple, I love you dearly, but OPEN UP ANOTHER FREAKIN' STORE IN MANHATTAN! It just doesn't seem right that I have to wake up early just so you can replace my lemon of an ipod.

Thank goodness for AppleCare. My ipod of five months has eaten itself (metaphorically, of course, although the sound it's making is rather like the crisp crunching that only comes when biting on a truly fresh Granny Smith). Tomorrow I'll take it into Apple Soho, where I'm assuming they will give me a new one. Any one else have an ipod self-destruct in such a short period of time?