mmmmm
1. I would like copious, copious carbs. And maybe a good cheeseborger.
2. I need to double-check my files, and then it's time for a wipe and return of this computer as soon as I can spare it; despite all my efforts, I've had multiple blue screen and hardware failure issues. Not excited about the restocking fee that I suspect I can't get rid of. I reformatted the drive on the old one in the hope that my issues were just a quiet virus--but of course, it's telling me that it doesn't recognize my OS product key. So, not only do I not have the fun stuff I no longer have disks for, but the pleasure of replacing a keyboard, I think, without appropriate tools or anti-static stuff (and around here, I get shocked every few minutes). Hmph.
*claps hands* SO. Who has recommendations for cheap but will-last-two or three-years laptops? I normally buy an overloaded desktop replacement monster, but I can't afford to do that right now; my budget is under $650. I prefer PC/Windows (I like the idea of Ubuntu and Open Office, but I don't have time at present to have any surprises, plus a lot of my work is work at home, and thus I want to stay in line with the work I do have without fiddling). I prefer smaller than 15", though that's not really what's being made right now in cheap, and light, like under 5 lbs. Yes, I do want the world for free. :p Oh: a VGA out, CD/DVD drive, microphone and headphone jack, and at least 2 USB drives: not optional. I tend to run Firefox (with 5-6 tabs), several Word documents, and something in an .mp3 format at the same time, so it does need to be able to process, a bit.
3. I had something VITAL to post about and now I don't know what that was.
4. But: YouTube has the old-school Clash of the Titans, with Dame Maggie and Laurence Olivier and Harry Hamlin and the mechanical owl and the claymation Kraken, chopped up into 10-minute chunks, and there should so be a viewing party. Because it's just awful. :))
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2. I need to double-check my files, and then it's time for a wipe and return of this computer as soon as I can spare it; despite all my efforts, I've had multiple blue screen and hardware failure issues. Not excited about the restocking fee that I suspect I can't get rid of. I reformatted the drive on the old one in the hope that my issues were just a quiet virus--but of course, it's telling me that it doesn't recognize my OS product key. So, not only do I not have the fun stuff I no longer have disks for, but the pleasure of replacing a keyboard, I think, without appropriate tools or anti-static stuff (and around here, I get shocked every few minutes). Hmph.
*claps hands* SO. Who has recommendations for cheap but will-last-two or three-years laptops? I normally buy an overloaded desktop replacement monster, but I can't afford to do that right now; my budget is under $650. I prefer PC/Windows (I like the idea of Ubuntu and Open Office, but I don't have time at present to have any surprises, plus a lot of my work is work at home, and thus I want to stay in line with the work I do have without fiddling). I prefer smaller than 15", though that's not really what's being made right now in cheap, and light, like under 5 lbs. Yes, I do want the world for free. :p Oh: a VGA out, CD/DVD drive, microphone and headphone jack, and at least 2 USB drives: not optional. I tend to run Firefox (with 5-6 tabs), several Word documents, and something in an .mp3 format at the same time, so it does need to be able to process, a bit.
3. I had something VITAL to post about and now I don't know what that was.
4. But: YouTube has the old-school Clash of the Titans, with Dame Maggie and Laurence Olivier and Harry Hamlin and the mechanical owl and the claymation Kraken, chopped up into 10-minute chunks, and there should so be a viewing party. Because it's just awful. :))
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