Mac RumorsIn the BeginningMy first home computer was an Intel 486 25Mhz box made by ESS (some obscure no name brand) with a 120MB hard drive and a whopping 4MB of RAM, which was at the time, a rocket ship! I loved the idea of having a computer (imagine all the possibilities) and I could not wait to get the thing up and running.I got it booted up, and right out of the box my first real venture into tweaking was accidentally deleting the entire system folder (to create more room). I was like, 'This folder seems to contain nothing but a bunch of nonsense and therefore holds no great importance to the operation of the computer.' So with a few innocent clicks the system folder was gone. I felt like a genius. This computer stuff... hey, I got this, easy peasy lemon squeezy!Upon the reboot and instantly getting the ominous, horrible and oft times indiscernible BSOD ( blue screen of death ) I realized that I had made a grave error. I felt ill, and the computer was like, 'Are you kidding me' I think it actually made a gulping sound.more...See more text
