miscommunicrash

Twice in the last month or so I've installed fonts and/or software at work that directly or indirectly resulted in my computer not working. In both cases, I could still boot into Mac OS 9 and get work done, so I'm glad I bought the last OS9-bootable PowerBook before Apple discontinued them. And in both cases, the font or software was installed as a result of a miscommunication, and several days later I found out that such-n-such person didn't actually *need* the font or didn't *need* this 10-year-old PageMaker file, hence I could've avoided having to be stuck in OS 9 all week and reformat or use DiskWarrior. I dubbed these "miscommunicrashes," because they were computer crashes as a result of miscommunication.

Unfortunately, I think Apple forgot to exorcise this particular factory-refurbished machine, as it seems to have been cursed with inexplicable and unexpected problems at seemingly random and unrelated times. In both cases, the problems cropped up hours after the original event.

Another way to avoid this problem would be to not use my devil-cursed PowerBook at work, but since they gave me a 1997 SuperMac clone to use and the oft-promised new PowerMac has yet to materialize, I choose to use my own machine rather than suffer through the SuperMac's slowitude. I'd rather use my own machine anyway, because I can set it up the way I want; what I'd really prefer is a computer desk instead of a writing desk, but that probably won't happen until I get carpal tunnel syndrome.