I just got my Macbook back from the Apple Store today after they replaced the logic board on the unit. I've noticed that every song I play in iTunes seems to skip. Finding this odd, I opened up the Activity Monitor and looked at disk usage. It seems like whenever a read to the disk is made, iTunes seems to begin skipping. Furthermore, I have the same problem after trying to play mp3's via mpg123. I'm worried that the skipping could be a sign my hard drive might be failing. I recently installed a brand new 250 GB hard drive from Newegg about a month and a half ago, so I'm somewhat skeptical. Is it a reasonable concern?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phr4gmonk3y at 11:22 PM on June 20, 2008 (4 comments)

I'm looking for quotes or a short poem for my sister, whose expecting her first child in the next several days. Any ideas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phr4gmonk3y at 9:20 PM on May 7, 2008 (11 comments)

I recently made the switch, and bought a nice, shiny Macbook. I'm loving it, but the keyboard shortcuts are giving me some trouble. Are there equivalents to the Home and End keys on a PC keyboard?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phr4gmonk3y at 1:50 PM on June 23, 2006 (13 comments)