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Jun. 23rd, 2010 05:22 pmThe official diagnosis on my computer is back. It's not lupus the keyboard connector, the motherboard is starting to fail after a year and a half of faithful service.
*sigh*
I'm on a part time job that barely pays above minimum wage and I'm going up to Chicago in August, the last thing I need right now is to buy a new laptop. But the cost of replacing a motherboard is practically the cost of a new laptop in the first place (the part alone is $200), and you seem to be able to get some decent ones for less than $400 around Best Buy. The netbooks are the cheapest and seem very nice, but they have bittyscreens and I'd rather not purchase a monitor to augment something I like to carry around with me. My favorite place to write is coffee shops.
At least I'll be quitting at the end of August rather than two weeks into August due to certain plan rearrangements...I suppose in a way one could consider that as paying for the laptop. Still a pain in the ass, though.
*sigh*
I'm on a part time job that barely pays above minimum wage and I'm going up to Chicago in August, the last thing I need right now is to buy a new laptop. But the cost of replacing a motherboard is practically the cost of a new laptop in the first place (the part alone is $200), and you seem to be able to get some decent ones for less than $400 around Best Buy. The netbooks are the cheapest and seem very nice, but they have bittyscreens and I'd rather not purchase a monitor to augment something I like to carry around with me. My favorite place to write is coffee shops.
At least I'll be quitting at the end of August rather than two weeks into August due to certain plan rearrangements...I suppose in a way one could consider that as paying for the laptop. Still a pain in the ass, though.
