From Twitter 09-09-2010

( the call is coming from inside the house )

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Bastard Laptops 'R Us

I HATE MY COMPUTER I AM GOING TO DIE OR SOMETHING. Yeah, so the past week my netcard has been malfunctioning. This was on top of problems I've been having for awhile (not coming back from hibernation, not able to reset, needing start-up at least three times a day), ones that I managed to fix, finally. But my netcard's been a bitch and a half. My last recourse was 'reboot to factory settings and if that doesn't work, send it in'.

Okay, so, yesterday. I was ready to reset it and then my cat bit through my power cord. I have another one now but that put things back awhile. Through that I found out my computer is out of warranty. And about five minutes after that (literally!) I found out I may need to replace my computer. With pocket lint, I guess. It takes 15-30 minutes just to boot up, now. Because it has to go through three-six failed attempts before it'll let it go through. With as many problems as it's indicating, it would be far more than its worth, likely, to have Dell try to repair it at this point.

There are temporary fixes, of course. But I can't do anything more without my external hard drive, which I don't have around at the moment. And as of last night, I got some sort of malware virus from my sister's computer, which means I can't do anything until I reboot my computer's settings/etc because virus scanners are not picking it up and I can't risk transmitting it to anyone else.

I think the computer Gods are telling me 'Dell bad, stop using Dells, ignore them altogether'. I know Dells are a good line but I've spent the past two years using Dells and through warranty and such have had two computers fail on me and need replacing, this is not counting the other times I've had to send something in. This is the last replacement. It's not doing so well, either.

shallowesque has a long-standing claim that my mutant power is to make any electronics near me malfunction without even touching them. I think I gotta go with that, here.

I just need to get a motherfucking Vaio like I've been trying to since 2006. But I really don't care about brand label at this point. I just want something that works.

But I have bills to pay (Kate for rent, Sally Mae for student loan, Gorillaz ticket, landlord for rent) before I can even think about a replacement. Let's hope the power of clapping (I believe in Dell, I do, I do!) keeps this going awhile longer.

(Or that a really nice relative replaces it, which has happened before).

Can I talk on AIM, at least, or would I risk transmitting the virus with that?!