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New laptop
Mar. 16th, 2008 11:36 pmI've dropped my old (model year 2001-ish, bought used in 2005 for $600) laptop before. But last Thursday when I dropped it I broke it. I first bought it to use while nursing Peter when he was 3 months old because I could nurse and use a laptop, but not a desktop, effectively.
I tried to fix it, but not terribly hard. I never was satisfied with the low screen resolution of the old one and I didn't store anything other than my browser bookmarks on it. If I wanted to spend another few hours I could likely get the bookmarks off.
Today I spent ~5 hours on-line searching for a replacement, and finally found one:
The Lenovo (IBM) Thinkpad R-series 14 inch WXGA+.
By the time I added on options and subtracted out discounts (there was a $118 e-coupon I got from clicking on their Google ad and remembering to type it in) my total after tax and shipping was $735.
Part of me hates paying this much for anything, but if it lasts 3 years, and I use it 3hrs/day, I'm under $1/hr for laptop use. Here's hoping the next one serves as well as the last one did, if not better. (The screen is much better, and I primarily just browse the web and read e-mail.)
--Beth
I tried to fix it, but not terribly hard. I never was satisfied with the low screen resolution of the old one and I didn't store anything other than my browser bookmarks on it. If I wanted to spend another few hours I could likely get the bookmarks off.
Today I spent ~5 hours on-line searching for a replacement, and finally found one:
The Lenovo (IBM) Thinkpad R-series 14 inch WXGA+.
By the time I added on options and subtracted out discounts (there was a $118 e-coupon I got from clicking on their Google ad and remembering to type it in) my total after tax and shipping was $735.
Part of me hates paying this much for anything, but if it lasts 3 years, and I use it 3hrs/day, I'm under $1/hr for laptop use. Here's hoping the next one serves as well as the last one did, if not better. (The screen is much better, and I primarily just browse the web and read e-mail.)
--Beth
