so I’m moving to ohio. on tuesday. which is very, very soon.
I wasn’t nervous, because I’m going to make new friends and stay in contact with the old ones and we were all going to have new experiences together and nothing would change except I’ll be in ohio.
then my trusty (ha!) laptop kicked the bucket. actual, not recognizing the processor exists making bad noises death. “it’s about time!” says everyone who has accompanied me on my journey through laptop ownership.
I can’t help but feeling a little bit sad. I mean, this is the first computer I ever owned, I got it my senior year of high school. we’ve been through a lot. I took it with me when I was first starting college, in the dorm. I wrote my senior thesis on it, taking it back and forth between the lab and my apartment. I had sitting with our laptops in the living room parties with tom and ed. I carried it to wales and used it to stay in touch with americans.
true, it’s been unreliable, slow, prone to sudden blue screens of death, the monitor wouldn’t stay up, it won’t stay closed, it overheats, battery life is crap, it’s had it’s problems. but it allowed me to stay in touch, communicate with friends.
I’ll miss you, my crappy laptop.
I can relate. My laptop, which is probably a year or two newer than yours, is dying. Some of the keys on the keyboard don’t work. The fan doesn’t always turn on. Heck, the computer doesn’t always turn on. The screen backlight died a month or two ago. My dad got me a new computer, and it’s going to be waiting for me when I go back home, but I’m really going to miss the one I have now. It’s old, it’s crappy, but it’s mine. And it tries so hard (except when it’s just being stubborn).
A late bloomer, I just got my first laptop. I am concerned about its long-term health already and would like to know if you think any of your laptop’s problems were due to the infiltration of high quantities of cat hair? Because I am always blowing cat hair out of the keys and off the screen.
Don’t despair. It may yet still live……