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I am in denial that I may or may not be killing laptop AC adapter #3. Since I've got backup, and the other option is the port itself going, I'm going to stick to scowling at the part that's broken with depressing regularity in the past and work on denying without ruling out other possibilities.
In related news, the optical drive appears to have slid down the functionality curve to 95% dead. My roommate had a peripheral that wasn't in use: it has been co-opted for my electronic-industrial complex.
The first thing I will buy when I have a job is a mattress, box spring and frame set. The second thing may be a laptop. (Not an HP. Unless I can get something reliable, under 6 pounds, quad core, with a 15.4" non-widescreen LCD, plus 2 year hardware warranty, for significantly less than anyone else is offering.)
I keep going back and forth on the value of replacing the baby laptop before it outright clunks. The only major component currently out of commission has been unreliable for pretty much ever, but the core components are hanging in there, so I'm tempted to top off the laptop savings account and lock it down until the next major components revolution, or another logic board meltdown, or until it gets significantly more flaky on internet and MS Office use. The last time I poked at laptops I decided I hated all the consumer models (ugh! That scratch-attracting plastic finish! Ugh!), which is a shame, because do I really need a business-quality machine? No. On the other hand, the baby laptop is three and a half years old and has been issue-prone. So maybe I can forgive myself if I spend a lot of money on a machine I buy in mid-2010 with the expectation of replacing in 2014. Are the sales reps ever going to look at me funny when I flip over the display machines and squint at the CD bays.
The other option is some sort of netbook-desktop combo. Regrettably, I have no interest in screwing around with the sub-$500 computing market in any way, shape or form until the iPad competition is into its second generation. Say, three years? Which puts us near the end of the projected Next Generation Laptop cycle anyway, so: no netbook-and-desktop for my Skynet@Home contribution yet. (I shall call my next computer Skynet! It is very wrong and yet very funny to me.)
In related news, the optical drive appears to have slid down the functionality curve to 95% dead. My roommate had a peripheral that wasn't in use: it has been co-opted for my electronic-industrial complex.
The first thing I will buy when I have a job is a mattress, box spring and frame set. The second thing may be a laptop. (Not an HP. Unless I can get something reliable, under 6 pounds, quad core, with a 15.4" non-widescreen LCD, plus 2 year hardware warranty, for significantly less than anyone else is offering.)
I keep going back and forth on the value of replacing the baby laptop before it outright clunks. The only major component currently out of commission has been unreliable for pretty much ever, but the core components are hanging in there, so I'm tempted to top off the laptop savings account and lock it down until the next major components revolution, or another logic board meltdown, or until it gets significantly more flaky on internet and MS Office use. The last time I poked at laptops I decided I hated all the consumer models (ugh! That scratch-attracting plastic finish! Ugh!), which is a shame, because do I really need a business-quality machine? No. On the other hand, the baby laptop is three and a half years old and has been issue-prone. So maybe I can forgive myself if I spend a lot of money on a machine I buy in mid-2010 with the expectation of replacing in 2014. Are the sales reps ever going to look at me funny when I flip over the display machines and squint at the CD bays.
The other option is some sort of netbook-desktop combo. Regrettably, I have no interest in screwing around with the sub-$500 computing market in any way, shape or form until the iPad competition is into its second generation. Say, three years? Which puts us near the end of the projected Next Generation Laptop cycle anyway, so: no netbook-and-desktop for my Skynet@Home contribution yet. (I shall call my next computer Skynet! It is very wrong and yet very funny to me.)
