A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

Good to hear from you Dia, and that things are going well. Don't disappear like that .

Oh, and about the laptop, you know the drill. Detach. It'll come out of its fog, and at least you kept your (data) integrity. Worst case, you just need to GAL (get another laptop).

ROFLMAO!!!!

I'm on a verra nice desktop at present. See, I was never meant to be faithful to just one system. And besides, the laptop was a brick. Huge, heavy, and with its capabilities choked off by an underpowered processor. What can I say? It was cheap, and at the time I didn't need Laptop Right. I needed Laptop Right Now.

I was subsequently seduced by a netbook with a for-real graphics card. Yes, for you tech-wonks, I have an ASUS N10J which I got from NewEgg as an open box special for u nder $500. It will play Lord of the Rings Online. It is the size of a large paperback novel and it weighs 2lbs including the adapter. It overclocks to about 2 gHz and it fits in my purse.

At my old work (where I was the boss and hence owned my desktop system), I had a nice desktop with a 22 inch screen, a big hard drive and a rockin' processor and graphics card. (I game. So sue me )

Problem was, when the laptop unexpectedly succumbed to its hissy fit, the netbook and desktop were in boxes in storage units scattered over a 200 mile radius. (Hence the suddenness of my departure.) Sigh.

Laptop was an Everex StepNote. I hated it. I will never buy Everex again. I'm glad it's (mostly) dead. It wasn't a real crash. The screen stopped working - probably a loose wire but just as fatal as a crash for all intents and purposes. If you can't SEE your data, you can't manipulate your data.

Desktop is a Systemax refurb from Tiger Direct. I got a great deal and it works like a charm. I adore it. I will order Systemax again.

Netbook has been affectionately named 'Baby Precious', a Tolkein reference after a friend of mine began referring to her super-honker laptop as 'my Precious'.