My computer, this very one I’m typing on, is very old. It’s about four years old, but in computer years, that’s probably about 80. It’s had some problems in the past (mostly my own fault: apparently when those little software update things pop up you’re supposed to actually DO them) and lately it’s been alright, but I’m still a little nervous about it. I still say my little made-up computer prayer whenever I close it up and put it in my bag:
“Now I lay you down to sleep,
I pray the lord your hard drive to keep.
If you should die before you wake,
I pray the Apple store people can recover your files.”
I had an external hard drive for a little while–I was very good about backing up all my work, and then…I bumped the table a TINY bit and it fell on the floor and never worked again. When I posted in the Computer Help group on Ravelry, people seemed to think I was pretty dumb. Apparently these external hard drives are NOT supposed to be dropped or else they WILL DIE. You can’t blame me for being a bit surprised because I drop my phone all the time, and that’s basically a computer. Even this very laptop has fallen prey to a few minor mishaps, and nothing has gone majorly wrong. I think they should put some kind of warning to that effect on the box external hard drives come in: “We know you people drop your phones all the time and that’s more or less alright, but this is NOT THE SAME THING.”
In college one of my best friends had an external hard drive that he attached to the wall behind his desk with approximately one entire roll of duct tape. I thought he was being melodramatic, but now…I’m starting to get it.