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Still Not a Fan of Technology

So, I have to admit, after working as a freelancer for several years now, I still am not a fan of technology. I still don't understand it as well as I should, given the fact that I use a computer for all of my freelance work and so when it goes kerflooey (that's a technical term), I tend to lose my shit. Quickly. I can be a fairly patient person unless what I need to be patient about is computer related. Then, I get feeling kind of smashy and have a definite urge to pick up a hammer or any other solid object with a handle.

I've worked with a few different computers in my day. My first laptop was a silver one (Dell? maybe?) that I got rid of when the keyboard broke and it was no longer functional. That took a while. Like, as in years. It took years. Next was the navy blue model that was the topic of several of the posts on this blog. I went through multiple batteries with that one and, again, had to put up with a keyboard that slowly lost keys like an old man losing teeth.

But again, that was years. They were hardy machines that were used (among other various purposes) as weights, ways to prop up various items, and possibly even as a spider killing device although that one was not my proudest moment and I prefer not to talk about it.

I guess that things are not made nearly as well as they used to be.

My most recent computer was purchased in January of 2016 for what I consider a princely sum. Now, it wasn't all THAT expensive compared to some of the strange, alien terminator looking things that are on the market for gaming and international computer terrorism but since it cost more than a round of coffee at Starbucks I figured the damn thing should last for a while.

Nope.

I don't know what happened. It's winter so there were no spiders to squish and all of the things in my home were appropriately propped up all on their own. All I was doing with the damn thing was typing. For some reason, the computer decided it didn't want to turn on any more. I hit the button, sure, but nothing happened. Nada. Well, something happened but it was just my urge to kill rising kicking in.

My wonderful husband and I have been working for the past few days to try and get it to turn on consistently. My solution was to hit it (but that's apparently NOT how you fix things) but when that didn't work, we resorted to replacing it. I've tried talking to the various computer gurus I know but have been told anything ranging from "buy a new warranty or we won't talk to you" to "software" to "motherboard" all of which sounds like "hit it because that might work".

One year. One. Freaking. Year. I've even been good and done virus checks and updates on a regular basis and all that good computer owner stuff. Apparently that matters not. Here's hoping that this computer might ACTUALLY do what it's supposed to like turn on and things (I know, asking for a lot here).

But just in case it doesn't, we bought the extended warranty.

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