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.

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Can I be really impolite and ask what features it has and what you paid? If you don't want to post that here, e-mail me at opalescent@comcast.net. I'm looking. My power source is going. It's getting pushed in or something. Anyway, it's going. Thanks.

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I started with this one:
Inspiron 6000 (http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/2x_inspn6000?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs)

Then I customized it adding:
370 Cerleron processor
Windows XP Professional
8X DVD Writer
Word Perfect 12 Office Suite
Dell Internal Wireless

Then I added as a peripheral a 256MB USB Key (256 MB portable storage/stick memory... which is a total extra, isn't even part of the computer but something I've wanted for a while so that I can transport autocad drawings from my work computer to a home computer. AutoCAD drawings tend to be really large.)

With upgrades and tax it was close to $900.

(When you go through customizing, it will automatically price it up for you. Strangely, once the order was done the price quoted over the phone ended up the same as the one on the website... but they charged be $20 less. I also got free shipping.)

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Wow, that's fantastic!