Continuing the frustration loop...

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Continuing the frustration loop...
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 12:49pm

A few things that have been on my mind as of late...

I'm a public transit girl...mostly because I live in a major city and am broke, but I'm happy that way anyway. BUT why can't bus drivers DRIVE?? They always act surprised by each and every stop. THEY WERE THERE BEFORE!! No one comes out and moves them around in the middle of the night! Unfortunately yesterday this resulted in me being thrown repeatedly against a slighly creepy guy that was practically on my lap anyway. Sheesh.

Also, I don't know about all of you, but laptops have always sucked for me. Something always breaks, which, unlike with desktops, causes this major problem and commotion and usually ends in me forking over a couple hundred dollars. I just bought my Gateway a couple years ago and I'm still paying off repairs and the screen's on its last legs. I'm really thinking about buying a desktop...

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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 1:05pm

At least your screen lasted a couple of years. I have only had my laptop for six months and it's already blinking on me. Frustrating it 'tis . . .

"They always act surprised by each and every stop. THEY WERE THERE BEFORE!! No one comes out and moves them around in the middle of the night!" --Quite funny.

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Registered: 05-30-2007
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 1:07pm
Cant speak for those bus drivers . . but lap tops . . .I have never had one last more than two years. If you don't "need" to be mobile, dollar for dollar you get MUCH more bang for you buck in a desk top. I am on at least my 5th laptop in 7? years . . . .. I think the hot car kill's them as much as anything else. (-: My desk top, got it in 03, and it is going strong, Dell. (-:
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 1:23pm
I'm happy this thread started. I was just thinking of buying a laptop - I might reconsider based on this new info.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 1:28pm

Oh, and the bus thing... In Denver, we have free shuttle buses downtown. It is their mission in life to go immediately when the light turns green -- which means you often see four shuttles lined up on the same block and they all go on the same green light. Nevermind that people on the other side of the loop have to wait 15 minutes for a bus because the drivers don't know how to space themselves correctly.

I have also seen a bus driver literally close the door on an old lady with a walker - she was trying to get off the bus, the light turned green and the driver decided he needed to go right then. They also will regularly leave people at the busstop who were maybe two or three steps away from getting on, but the driver was too impatient to wait. Makes me crazy.

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 1:56pm
Just an after thought TG . . .I did get an apple lap top . . 2000 /01?? It was great, never crashed, battery lasted close to 6 hours . . .but I just could not get the necessary soft ware to support what I needed at work.Real problem. I handed the ONE laptop down to my daughter, and she still in using it.
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 2:42pm
yeah, I think I would think about getting a Mac laptop, but I really just don't have the money for this right now, it's hardly what a recent grad (well, a year ago) with 20k-plus of student loans over her head needs at this stage in life...oh well.
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 2:52pm

Yea well, if it makes you feel any better, what I have needs to last. (-: Trying to stay off those busses myself this year. ((-: Collage was a great move, well worth it. One of my "few" regrets in life was not going.

Do you have to have a lap top for work or school? If not, desk top's are the way to go, less money, more for it on top.

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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 3:23pm

Personally, I love my laptop for space purposes and mobility. I don't need one for work, but I like to be able to take it to different parts of the house and not be stuck in the "computer room". I have one from HP. Love my big screen, love to watch DVDs or shows online while in the bathtub. It's great. And I've dropped the thing twice and it's still kickin'. Just my experience though. I'm not very tech savvy, but I personally would buy a lap top again. Maybe Gateway isn't the way to go next time?

Michelle

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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 9:13pm
Love Apple laptops. They are well worth the investment, IMO. Mine is 3+ years old and still going strong. I've used it EVERYDAY during that time and traveled with it (definitely has a few dings). My advisor in grad school had one and accidently dropped it from a helicoptor once...had a big ding in the side, but still worked. My previous iBook was thrown onto my dashboard in a car accident, in its bag...it was warped and bent from the 65 mph impact, screen cracked in half and wouldn't work, but miraculously the thing would boot up and run. I linked it up to a desktop and was able to retrieve everything from the hard drive.