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  • boot off of the hd on a pc to make it a mac if you fix it

  • Chris, mine just went out and i am going to replace my own harddrive and use the extra cash to upgrade to a 1Tb. Any brand names i should avoid

  • keep it just in case you need anything else off the old hard drive

  • applecare is fine, but apple still sucks

  • 49 people don't have apple care

  • When I lost all my itunes content, i called tech support and they sent it all to my computer for free. The person called it a regrant =)

  • "=0 But i though macs were perfect"

  • @SSHPCS2 Components are never perfect

  • It takes me less then 20 minutes to change my Hard Drive :smugface:

  • @YTBYlover hi , where did u got it changed pls

  • @flexbronx /watch?v=FZZLTp9rP74

  • @YTBYlover takes me less than 5.

  • then it fails, it fails..... simple as that, even new with 2 weeks of use.

  • I woulda ran spinrite on it

  • macs rule

  • I really got entertained by this one.

  • blablabla zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • how pointless

  • Listen to this hipster - he's mounting his Mac drives.

  • Microwave it!

  • Eat it!!

  • Didn't you here Chris that hard drive could have been in any computer but it happened to be this one

  • @usabryan514 you are retarded its a hard drive it has nothing to do with the mac. you just a typical pc fanboy. and its really sad its people like you that make other look bad.

  • That's weird had a mac hard drive to last nearly 8 years and it's doing fine

  • @ThisisBN The hard drive in my Machintosh SE still works!!!

  • but xbox uses a external harddrive to have your saves/games so it dosen't matter if you have a new console

  • boring. want to see some funny answers ^^

    DID HE DIE?

  • D7Wolow you are so fucking stupid I don't even understand why you still have the will to live...

  • why waist your life

  • How long does the average HDD last?

  • fuk knows. 1 of mine is about 10 yrs old, nd its 2nd hand (but then again so is the whole pc)

  • Wow mac's are not invincible

  • That has nothing to do with Macs. The Nextar HDD failed. It has nothing to do with the MacBook Pro itself.

    Mac users,  FTW!

  • on the pc vs mac thing, you can't fault the mac's OS codebase, its from BSD which is amazing. I was wondering though, what is the model of hard drives they put in macbook pros?

    P.S. im a little bit of a BSD fanboy, but i run linux mostly, gotta love the command line as well.

  • wow i hate being put in the same boat as the fucken pc fanboys simply cause i dislike macs O_O its just a view i dont care if any 1 likes macs but i hate being told that there brill and to try them wen i really have tried to like them but cant

  • 4:22

    aahhhmmaayyyzzzziinnnnggg lol

  • It is hilarious that just because someone says Mac, you get all these dumb PC fan boys running rampant saying stupid shit like how long they had their PC, and how they never had hard drive problems. I am indeed a PC supporter, but in case anyone didn't know, it doesn't matter at all what OS you have, just like Chris said. One thing Chris didn't say though is that it depends on the brand!

  • You know what's cool about PCs though? You can make your own media towers and servers with inexpensive parts from Fry's. You don't even have to be tech-savvy. Just match up the colours and turn the thing on.

  • PC all the way I've had the same hard drives in 3 home built PC revisions over the course of 5 years and they haven't gone bad yet. My own customer support has almost always been better and less expensive than OEM warranty plans. Thats why I don't buy OEM machines. You get more for your money in hardware that way anyway.

  • Me too. Over the years I've accumulated hard drives from each computer I've had. I haven't had a single one crash on me, and I just keep adding them to my media server as I upgrade to new computers. 2TB so far and counting =D

  • I can't stand Mac users and this guy is extra annoying. He sounds like one of those losers who is in love with the sound of his own voice.

  • Ya oknow what you should make out of it?A spork rest!

  • take a bong toke man.....chill out ..........

  • hell yeah

  • lol this is such a funny epic fail i laughed for hours on end

  • Troll much?

  • Ive got a dead 2.5" 500mb laptop hdd from my old Apple Powerbook 190, I will use it as a coaster

  • I had the HD fail on my Mac Book about a year after I got it and they replaced it absolutely free. Apple Care is a definite must have.

    Only thing that sucked is they refused to give me my old HD back.

  • apple ROCKS

    APPLE CARE!

  • does this guy ever get out of his chair ?

  • hihihihihihih

  • Your obviously proud of having bad grammar.

  • It's "you are", not "your".

  • Please don't use bad language. Thanks

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  • Do you have a problem with literacy? Before you argue with me, learn grammar, spelling, and punctuation. I realize he might've forgoten dumbass; what thw fuck is your problem?

  • Sorry it was a joke.

  • no, no, i wasn't mad - i didn't even read your comment; i just copy comments from one page & paste them on another, most times without reading them first. just a game when there's time.

  • k thats cool

  • you didn't spell "the" right. Before you bash someones spelling please spell 1st grade words the RIGHT way

  • im sure your parents are very proud that there daughters have become sluts.

    If you insist on calling someone a "retard" you might consider learning how to spell the word.

    How much paint do you huff on a regular basis champ? You sound brain damaged.

  • INKEDupPETSMARTER never said "retard".

    Maybe you should learn to read.

    Also, learn how to spell and the difference between "there and their", "I'm sure your parents are very proud that THEIR daughters have become sluts."

  • Apple Fan Boy. ... What the heck? Then why did you come here and watch the video? I'm so confused at why people will watch a video and then talk about how stupid the people are in the video... When you clicked on the link, you knew what you were going to be watching. It plainly says !"

    What is your problem? You're the one who came here to watch the video. Leave these boys alone. They're doing great things in the world today. Just let them.

    nuts to youu, fuck tart

  • you're fucking stupid. learn to spell, please.

  • 360 should have a feature ps3 has. its a backup utility so you can back up your ps3 to a external HDD very good. in my opinion

  • i could did that for ya for free but no you call apple.

  • Yous should give it away

  • You must be on crystal meth...

  • Nah, he's just like that lol...

  • Pirillo stop saying how amazing their service is, becaus that's just because of where you live, millions of others can never get what you get and above all not outside the USA!

  • frame it and put it on your wall

  • chris - if your using a mac - why didnt you just use time machine for your back ups?

  • Not necessary

  • Yep just like I said dead hard drive.

  • Yeah, AppleCare is a great thing. And Apple support is very good in general.

  • it was tha fast cus no one els uses it EVER

  • open it up then hit it with a hammer thats what i did

  • what i would do i that i would get an external harddrive and pu all my files in there. then, if the hard disk fails, your files are safe...of course time machine takes care of this now so...no worries!!

  • Funny, I just watched "Mr Chi City"s latest video, which is a compilation of things he did do a parking ticket he didn't have to pay.

    But Chris, I don't think you should deep-fry it, like he did.

  • play baseball with it

  • I just realized tht those are freaking huge screens

  • Will it Blend?

  • make the hard drive either a geeky coster or a geeky wind chime

  • reformat it

  • why would he do that. The drive is screwed.

  • so he could give it away

  • Dude if you want a paper weight, just walk outside your house and I'm sure you find a rock really close...

    Why do you want a Hard Drive that DOES NOT WORK ??

    thats stupid.

  • he explained in the video...so he can access all of the old files...plus he's gonna destroy it...watch the entire thing next time before u post a comment

  • Doesnt he have time capsule????

  • Yes, but he uses it to back up his Mac Pro, not his MacBook Pro.

  • Take a hammer or light it on fire or both :)

  • CHRIS I THOT U HAD TIME CAPSULE

  • so time capsule would fix a dieing hard drive? are you crazy?

  • no i mean why did he need his hardrie back he wonted stuff from it so he could of backed up from time machine

  • to test his little usb hd mount? idk

  • didn't you listen to the video. the answer to your question is in the video.

  • i h8 xbox mackitplace my old acont got haked so i mead a new 1 and i have to pay for all the dlc i got fro mmy old acount agen so its cost me 2x as much to get it back

  • Damn, you should have put that money to spelling lessons.

  • I agree with jambo310. Save the cash for spelling lessons.

  • smash it with a hammer :)

  • no thats boring.

    get a cutting torch and cut it in half and put it through a wood chipper.

  • I dont trust pakaged computers anymore...

    warranty usualy doesne't cover when you break it yourself.

    I droped my expensive HTC shif on the floor when i sliped on the adapter cable...

    (that thing was fucking expensive and now the fans dont work!!)

    never again a computer i cant rapair myself!!

    NEVER AGAIN!!!

  • Same here! I am going to build my next computer.

  • Apple laptops have Magsafe. No more clumsy fools dropping their expensive laptops after tripping on the power cord.

  • wilycat10, Was that a common problem with Mac users?

    Other than spilling a frappuccino on the back-lit keyboard?

  • Make a speaker out of it!

  • take it apart!!!

  • Glad you managed to find a solution! And thanks for the command line tip, could come in handy. You should try Steve Gibson's Spinrite on the dead drive, could work.

  • Because your paying for the name. Apple is a brand name plus because Mac's are unique: really user friendly.

  • why are macs so overpriced anyway?

    plz answer if possible

  • because they have good components in and the operating system of course

  • as far as i know a mac inside components are equal to any x86 based computer

    the only difference i see is the OS that is indeed reliable but that alone doesnt justify the massive cost they have

  • Good point your only paying for an OS with apple computers.

  • they are not look at a GOOD pc

    good pc $599

    speakers $20

    keyboard+mouse- most pc's come with one

    screen-$299

    Microsoft office - $267

    anti virus-$79

    Imac-#1399

    come with keyboard mouse screen and speakers are built in and apple answer to Microsoft office (iwork) is $50 if bought with a new mac regular price is $80

    Now remember macs seem over priced but do more research and find out for your self like try a mac at an apple store i think you will know why it costs $100 more :)

  • muk546, You obviously didn't add up the numbers in your list. You would have gotten $1,264, compared to the Imac price you quoted, $1,399. So, you're wrong.

    Also, what specific PC are you using as an example of a "good pc"?

  • Mac hardware specs are subpar for their prices, the only reason it's so expensive is because of the OS and just because it's an apple product.

  • That is true, the only real advantage with macs is that everything is in one place.

    The hardware cocks up, you go to mac support. The software cocks up, you go to mac support.

    With a PC you can't go to microsoft for help, you have to call the supplier - often a company that employs people that know next to nothing about computers and just pass you around until you figure out the problem for yourself.

    Not that I'm defending mac users though, why pay $2000 for a sub-par machine :)

  • I agree with that. Also the manufacturer buys parts from other companies as well.

    So its a whole game of "ring this guy who will ring this guy and then ring this guy and then you might just get your answer"

  • i guess

  • good pc 600$

    speakers 20$

    mouse keyboard 30$

    office student 100$ through wine

    anivirus-0$(common sense priceless)

    screen 250$ for a better screen

    1000$ still cheaper than a mac no need antivirus I got linux.

  • the os

  • your point?

  • It is still Cheaper to buy a pc, with equal or better specifications of a mac.

  • concur

  • You may think that but in my opinion not everyone has this opinion if i recall correctly Chris to thinks that the Mac Os X operating system is far superior to windows and it may have the same specifications but does the Os use the full power of the computer i now Mac Os X does and with snow leopard coming out the limits are endless try using a mac and see what you think get back to me my Youtube user is bwr1995

  • through it from the highest place you can find and let it drop if it still works burn it

  • Hard Drive, will it blend?

  • Lol. YES

  • It's all well and good saying how fantastic apple care is. But why should anyone have to pay for that kind of support. It's practically stealing. You pay out nearly £1000 for a mac and now you have to pay to get it fixed. That's bang out of order

  • blow the hdd up!

    boom :)) o.0

  • Oh and about the xbox, if you do get a new one just take the hard drive off the old one and put it in the new one. It's not hard at all. If you don't have a hard drive just recover your gamertag on xbox live and you should be able to download the stuff again and they don't charge you again.

  • I thought mac's were supposed to be the best around and that they "never" break. Seems people have been mistaken.

  • Did you watch the video? And he is right, hard drives fail, it's nothing to do with a Mac. I'm not even fond of Macs, I'm just saying..

  • Kewl!

  • Of course their support has to be amazing, it costs so much :S

  • you can actually go to itunes, then go to the store tab then click on "view my account" then you can look at your purchase history. it will tell you what apps you have downloaded. it gives you an index of all the apps purchased for your iphone.

  • hook 12 volts to the motor and use it for a coffee stirrer

  • Every one I know who owns a apple laptop has had hardrive failure, whats wrong here. 5 notebooks failed

  • w8 i thought you were a geek you should know how to do all of this

  • some sound advice weather you're a mac or pc user. Though I have to admit, I don't have to drop down to DOS very often to perform a function that Windows says it won't do.

  • Mac based on UNIX?

  • Mac OSX.. yes

  • Your comment = fail

  • I meant burn a hole*

  • you should take some of that acid we have in our body which can burn a whole through almost anything and put some on the hard drive.

  • ddrescue

  • wow "hard drives fail sometimes" i admit, they can crash or get screwed because of a virus or something, but they dont just suddenly stop working unless say a magnet is near it, or hard drive is hit by something or anything like that but i highly doubt it would. i've heared of mac hard drives not working suddenly but never windows or linux.

  • viruses cannot damage hardware.

    you need to distinguish hardware and software.

  • Actually, certain types of malicious software CAN infact damage hardware by means of the software.

  • you need to understand what i meant, i know that but when you buy a computer from microsoft they make there hard drives different then mac does, also a virus can, there's some viruses that can change how much power your computer uses and overheat your hard drive, stop the fan etc.

  • microsoft doesnt even make hard drives they just make software. and they are the same as mac

  • i know! but well i mean... like gateway

    or something like that.

  • oh ok

  • not always true

  • its kinda wierd whilest i was watching this video, i had a hard drive failure... windows eh? pfft

  • you should use rsync it should be a bit better than cp

    dd is also a little better than cp for copying files. in windows use robocopy its free from microsoft

  • you should use a backup solution

  • His Macbook was fairly new wasn't it? I have an 8 10 year old Maxtor HDD that runs like a champ.

  • Microwave it!

    That would be pro!

  • Open it up and use it like a mirror!!! That's what I did.

  • light it on fire!

  • M I C R O W A V E IT!!

  • microwave

  • shoot the hard drive

  • put the hard drive into a micro wave and c what happens

  • i've never seen a LCD screen refresh like that before

    watch is macbook the screen is refreshing like an old CRT