VERY weird computer problem

Until 45 minutes ago, it was looking like I was gonna hafta make the long SEPTrek to the Apple Store in King of Prussia, to hand over my laptop for however long it'd take them to replace the CD/DVD drive. Because wow, was I having ( a stunner of a problem. )

So, you want to amuse yourself with TRIPOD?

Guess what I went looking for and didn't find?

( Guess what I found instead? )