We Amuse Myself

Sure, it was starting to get old and slow down a little, but considering all the problems with it, it was quite the trooper and lasted a lot longer than it would have, had I not be patient with it. It went through 3 (or 4) power cords, three keyboards, several sticky little feet, one mother board and finally died with two packed hard drives. And that reminds me - warranties are a good thing. Especially when the motherboard was fried. We sent it back to Dell and they replaced it, the keyboard and the feet (several of which I had bumped off) for free. Sweet.

And yeah, by the end it's memory was going and I couldn't multitask on it as well as I once could, but what can you expect from an over four-year-old (a.k.a. out-dated) laptop used as heavily as I used it? And let me tell you, I used it heavily, perhaps even sometimes abusing it. I'm sure we all remember the time I chucked it out of my lap and onto the floor - we NEEDN'T bring up why! And then there was the time I sat up in my bed and rammed it into my dresser, which was far too closely placed in my first college dorm room. That knocked out the front left corner of its frame. A few weeks later, I found the right corner knocked out; don't know how that happened. I dropped it at least once outside of its carrying case. I dropped it at least once inside its carrying case. It overheated more times than I'd care to admit (leading to the burnt-out motherboard), which was partly the fault of its poorly placed fans, but also because I just used it so dang much.

But now, my poor little laptop, it's time for you to be free. Let's have a moment of silence as I put Lappy out to pasture.