Budget Buster: Busted Computer
A four year relationship has come to an end, my wonderful laptop died on my today. I’m still a bit shocked, frustrated, and overwhelmed with the situation. Not having a laptop is unacceptable, replacing it will be painful. Funny thing is that the partner and I both see that replacement is the most logical step. Maybe I’ll go buy a new laptop tomorrow. I’m sad to see that my laptop is no longer available and that apple has already moved on to something different. Perhaps it’s better — but it’ll be a change I’m not looking for. But, I’m a bit committed to apple at this point, and buying something new for warranty reasons — though I’m sure there are far more frugal options out there. Maybe I’ll consider them, but really, replacing a laptop is the main consideration.
My posting may be even more sparse as I figure out what to do next. Also, all of my bookmarks and everything are gone, gone gone. Sigh — I’m trying to not think about how many things are gone. Didn’t I just have a conversation about back ups recently with my mom? Didn’t I just lose years worth of emails because I didn’t back them up? Perhaps this is the cluestick I needed bashed over my head — will do backups on this (the family) computer this week. If I can’t recover any data from my laptop, thats a lot of financial records lost since I get everything electronically these days. Oh, sigh, I shouldn’t think about these things right now.
Donna Jean
June 26th, 2007 12:25
Argh — seems my budget will be intact a bit longer because I can’t buy a new laptop in Maryland. None of the stores have any in stock and have no clue when they’ll get in more — what use is having a store if you don’t know when your next shipment of laptops is coming in.
I’m mad - I can order online with a 5-7 day to shipment or go with a model that I don’t want. Grrrrr!