More technology fail

[fairyrune]

I'm typing this from home on a computer I'm going to call Frankenstein.

Apparently, my motherboard is shot to hell. We hooked up the shiny new power supply, and...nothing. The LED on the motherboard that says it's getting power lights up, but nothing else happens. Boo.

Fortunately, My Totally Awesome Little Brother (TM) had a Dell Desktop collecting dust in my old room at our parents' house. Rich and I got permission to steal it, and popped my hard drives into the thing.

Thanks to My Totally Awesome Boyfriend (TM), we once again have a functioning computer in the house.

Fun times.

Once I get a new job, I have to decide what I want to do about my computer situation. Do I want to buy a new desktop? A new laptop with a docking station? Do I want to wait for Windows 7?

Thankfully, I'll be able to borrow this machine until further notice. Also, my hard drives are fine. Yay.

Comments

[fairyrune]

I've had a laptop before, and my biggest problem with it was that when I wanted to upgrade the memory two years after I got it...I couldn't. I don't know if that would still be a problem with more modern machines, though.

[mcallahan.livejournal.com]

If you get a laptop, take a page from Kathy's book!

External 10gb hard drive... they are relatively inexpensive, and all you have to do is jack it into the USB port!

Memory issue solved!

[fairyrune]

Not storage-memory, RAM memory. The last time I had a laptop I wanted to upgrade the RAM, and found out that it had this special kind that was terribly expensive and nearly impossible to get.

That was several years ago now, but I'd like to avoid that problem in the future.

I'll probably just wait until Windows 7 comes out, anyway.

[drkestetrnlangl.livejournal.com]

Nowadays it is extremely simple to upgrade memory to laptops. Most of them have little diagrams to show you where to open the cover and install the memory. If you need more HD space I totally recommend what your friend said about getting an external HD. If you need any help with anything Rich should know and feel free to give me and Alex a ring. Personally I would definitely purchase your laptop if that is what you are deciding on head over to Micro Center. If you decide to go Desktop... Rich could build you one to your specs and you wouldn't have to worry about anything. Let me know if you have anymore questions I would be happy to help....

[fairyrune]

With my last lappy it would have been simple to DO if I could have gotten the memory. It sucked so hard that I just gave up and bought my desktop.

I'm probably going to wait until Windows 7 comes out before I buy anything.