I Am A Very Bad Girl

[shipperx]

I am a very bad girl. My laptop has gone back to being very, very tempermental. I've had its power supply repaired three times now. I know it's just that the computer ends up with a hell of a lot of abuse. I use my laptop 98% of the time (my poor desktop is old, obselete, and usually ignored... though it's a great mp3 player). Anyway, the last time the power supply on my laptop went nuts I swore that it was the last time I'd get it fixed. Sure, I have a friend who has repeatedly fixed it for free, but it's a pain in the ass!

So, my power supply is back to acting as hinky as hell (And oddly the #3 only works about every fourth time you strike it)... so I went to Dell online and bought a new laptop. Sheesh! Bad Lisa! That's not a cheap purchase and I'm a cheapskate. But... I use my computer all the freaking time. Plus, I've hated that my computer doesn't have a CD writer. Guh!

I did qualify for no interest until 2006 so I have 8 months to pay off the computer, which really shouldn't be a problem. It just always makes me clench when spending money. (Although I did get one of their 34% off sales... not that Gateway and Dell don't ALWAYS have computers on sale.) This one will be wide screen with a DVD writer and an internal wireless modem. So woohoo!... Except I know I'm going to be cursing up a storm if it doesn't detect my wireless modem easily. I did get the Intellimover which is supposed to take the settings from my existing computer.

Of course I will now have two laptops. One that works... and one that's on the cusp of failing and tempermental as hell with its power supply.

Comments

[acristleo.livejournal.com]

Yay for you! I would be so lost without my laptop. We all deserve to treat ourselves every now and the, right?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

To be perfectly honest, I think my laptop is my primary form of entertainment. It's where I download mpegs and watch them. It's where I do all my photo manips. And because it's wireless, it's where I sit up in my comfy chair with my feet propped up and surf the net while posting (SO much more comfortable than sitting at my desk). It's also where I write fanfic. So all in all, I spend a whole hell of a lot of time in it (I'm not ashamed, I'm ADDICTED!!!) I spend more time on my laptop than I do watching TV. My mother freaks when she has to use it because I've used it so much that I've worn the letters off of several of the keys. So... yeah, it is a major indulgence on my part. I don't own an Ipod... but I go through computers. I can't seem to help myself.