Dec 09
Argh! My laptop is dead. When I try to start it, something — a fan, by the air that comes out of the side vent — comes on, and the power lights, but that’s all. It does not boot up. I was so hoping to be able to sell this desktop computer and just use my laptop for a while. I did plan to replace the laptop, but I can’t right now. I can’t even afford to get the laptop fixed. I hope the hard drive hasn’t crashed.
I’m not having a great day.
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December 10th, 2008 at 11:53 am
When that happened to our first laptop, it turned out to be the motherboard. Faced with the choice of having it repaired and just replacing the laptop, we bought a new one. We did manage to recover the data from the hard drive though.
Of course, years later that new laptop sits unused because the hard drive got corrupted and even though I was able to install Ubuntu Linux on it I’ve just never been motivated to use it much. And our third laptop, despite having a bad case of Vista, seems to be holding up so far.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I thought of getting one of those Netbooks that have a version of Linux on them. You can get one with a decent amount of RAM for around $300. (Not that I have that, but if I did…) But — the screens are awfully small compared to what I’m used to, and no dvd player… Not that I even use the dvd drive on my computer to do anything but play cds, and that rarely these days when I can find most of my favorite songs on Youtube.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
How much would you offer me for mine?
You’ll have to cover shipping too, of course.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
(I mean the second laptop that I’m never using, not a Netbook)
December 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Um… how much do you want for it?
December 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Oh — if you’d rather this be private, email me: twistedspinster@gmail.com.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I’ll e-mail within the next day or two if that’s soon enough — technically the laptop isn’t “mine” only, so…
December 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
OK! Since I just paid my (late) rent and now have no money, take your time.
December 10th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Jeez, you two, get a room!
December 10th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Heh heh, she said “laptop.”