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+title: I got a new Mac Mini, though it was a soul for a soul...
+author: Maple
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+desc: I recently purchase a mid-2007 Mac Mini, and I payed the ultimate price. It was a 
+soul for a soul.
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+Just yesterday I purchased a mid-2007 Mac Mini on Facebook Marketplace for $20, which
+certainly isn't bad. It came with a power supply, 1GB (2x512mb) of DDR2 667mhz, and a 
+core two duo at 1.83ghz. Overall, not a bad purchase. It came with Mac OS 10.7.8, 
+though I elected to install 10.6 on it instead as I would probably get better 
+performance.
+
+The seller was about 30 minutes away by car, which wasn't too bad. Afterwards, I had
+to help my grandma set up Windows 11 (I know, I know, but my Windows 10 installer
+wasn't working!), and that's when disaster struck. While I was standing there, helping
+with the computer, a terrifying series of texts are received from my brother, who was 
+home at the time. The texts mentioned something about a shelf and a loud noise, as 
+I had put up a new shelf over the weekend.
+
+Now, the shelf wasn't *super* secure in the wall, but it held for over a day with some load,
+so I figured it was probably okay. I had my Wii U games up there, my handheld consoles,
+and some laptops, specifically my Thinkpad T480 and my HP ProBook 650 G2. There is a 
+mini-fridge in my room (against my will) that was under the shelf, with an HP ProBook
+450 G3 sitting on it, hooked up to ethernet and whatnot and used as a server.
+
+Unfortunately for me, the shelf and a significant amount of it's weight crashed down and struck my 450G2, and wrecked the screen.
+I know that being there probably would not have saved my laptop, and I probably
+would've gotten hurt, but the agony of standing around in a house where I'm deathly allergic
+to the pets, all while I question what was broken and what wasn't, wasn't fun. 
+
+I suppose the price of getting a new computer has to be that another must suffer, so 
+the next time I buy a computer, I'll make sure to have a sacrifice ready just so I don't 
+lost a computer that was still fine.
+
+I'll write a proper blog post on the Mac Mini soon, but I just wanted to talk about my
+latest tragedy.