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Well guys, my visits are going to be much less frequent for the next coupla months... why? Because laptops kinda suck [img]/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Got mine for portability (which did come in handy-- if I had gone for a desktop I wouldn't have been able to bring it to Japan, eh?) but the portability tends to be a trade-off for reliability.
At this point the computer still works, but as of the last coupla days, it likes to lose power spontaneously. I've sent it in for warranty repair a couple or three times in the past (a couple times too many if you ask me)... the last time (a bit over a year and a half ago) they didn't even fix it.. the tech support people who don't speak any fucking English didn't seem to understand what I told them about what was wrong with it, so the repair people apparently fired it up and didn't know what problem to look for, claimed there was nothing wrong, sent it back to me, and my repair agreement expired soon after. Grrr. I suppose I should have written an explanation by hand and sent it in with the computer when I sent it to the repair center.
In conclusion? I'm gettin a desktop! I can get parts and put together a desktop that smokes this laptop six ways to sunday for a third of the price we paid back in '02 for it, never have to send it anywhere for repair because I can fix or replace components by MYSELF, and I can upgrade it as much as I want without getting a whole new shell. Sounds like a reasonable deal to me.
The laptop has served me well for the most part, but after getting back to the states and getting settled in my new place, I won't have any need for portability, and I'll prefer having a machine that has all the specs I want.. maybe I can even set it up a little better for recording and whatnot!
For the time being I can get my JCF fix from the school computer lab on weekdays, and when I go home at night or on weekends, I suppose I can spend less time in front of the computer and more time playing my guitar or something.
Later dudes!
Got mine for portability (which did come in handy-- if I had gone for a desktop I wouldn't have been able to bring it to Japan, eh?) but the portability tends to be a trade-off for reliability.
At this point the computer still works, but as of the last coupla days, it likes to lose power spontaneously. I've sent it in for warranty repair a couple or three times in the past (a couple times too many if you ask me)... the last time (a bit over a year and a half ago) they didn't even fix it.. the tech support people who don't speak any fucking English didn't seem to understand what I told them about what was wrong with it, so the repair people apparently fired it up and didn't know what problem to look for, claimed there was nothing wrong, sent it back to me, and my repair agreement expired soon after. Grrr. I suppose I should have written an explanation by hand and sent it in with the computer when I sent it to the repair center.
In conclusion? I'm gettin a desktop! I can get parts and put together a desktop that smokes this laptop six ways to sunday for a third of the price we paid back in '02 for it, never have to send it anywhere for repair because I can fix or replace components by MYSELF, and I can upgrade it as much as I want without getting a whole new shell. Sounds like a reasonable deal to me.
The laptop has served me well for the most part, but after getting back to the states and getting settled in my new place, I won't have any need for portability, and I'll prefer having a machine that has all the specs I want.. maybe I can even set it up a little better for recording and whatnot!
For the time being I can get my JCF fix from the school computer lab on weekdays, and when I go home at night or on weekends, I suppose I can spend less time in front of the computer and more time playing my guitar or something.
Later dudes!
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