things that suck
* discovering that your laptop has suddenly decided to be a very expensive paperweight
(Almost positive that it just needs an OS reinstall, but nobody in the house has any OSX 10.4 install disks with them. Grarrrgh.)
(Almost positive that it just needs an OS reinstall, but nobody in the house has any OSX 10.4 install disks with them. Grarrrgh.)

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Also: If you take it to a nearby Apple Store (if there is one), they'll do the OS reinstall for free. We have some Mac laptops at work and my colleagues can never manage to keep their install CDs, so I've done this a few times. Book a Genius Bar appointment and you're good.