Was I ever that condescending?
When Apple first opened their Crossgates Mall store I was one of the sales folks. (Been there done that and I wear the shirt when I do laundry since I am contractually forbidden from wearing it elsewhere…) Recently I stopped down there to have my (second!) MacBook power supply replaced. I happened to ask a sales guy (not even a Mac genius guy) for help and he gladly started to swap it out. I commented ‘Is this one any less likely to fray’, and he helpfully offered a few tips on it (including not really). Apparently there’s stuff you can do involving looping the ends (fear not I’ve a MacRelations tutorial in mind). Then when looking up my serial number he pointed out you DO NOT have to launch full on System profiler for a number. Just click a few times at “About this Mac” and it cycles.
Maybe I’m bitter that I didn’t already know that but there was still a tad bit of “hey thanks by the way what do you think about the IPHONE APP I WROTE LAST NIGHT there”.
Ta think. Told by a sales guy secret Mac tips. I AM getting old. 