The power cord for my laptop stopped working yesterday.The battery had started fading last fall. Not a big deal considering I always have it plugged in, right?
Well, it became a big deal because I had a dead power cord and only 30 minutes of power in the battery.
Right away we tried the power cord for Gord's laptop (he also has a Dell) and the power cord for my work laptop (a Toshiba) but neither were compatible.
I looked online and power cords were priced from $20 (plus taxes/delivery) from a distributor to $90 (plus taxes/delivery) from Dell ... and it would be here within two weeks.
This morning, after giving some thought to it, I decided it was time to buy a new laptop. Besides the battery and the power cord, the modem was dying and the laptop was shutting down if it had been on for a while. I had gotten the Dell over three years ago and it had served me well.
I had today off so I went to Future Shop. Ricardo was very helpful. I told him my needs and he showed me three laptops. I bought the middle one. I had them format it and put a security program on it; plus I bought a three year warranty that covers everything.
15 comments:
Congrats on your new laptop! I also upgraded recently for the same reason, and love it.
yay on the new lap top!!!
Enjoy your new toy.
Have fun with your new laptop! I'm saving for a new one myself. This looks great!
HEY! I just bought a new laptop too! Gotta love it. Although, I've been having trouble getting my Outlook to work on it. Grr. Can't live with them, can't live without them!
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Good for you, I want a laptop one day! Mine died, it had served us well for probably seven years or more, not bad, eh?
FUN!!!!
I hope it serves you well!
I love it! Color me envious.
Oh, good for you! I always feel a bit of paranoia when it comes to my computer, since my biggest fear is that something will crash and burn!
Hope you're having fun setting it all up to your liking!
It's a lot of working putting everything on it ...
This is so funny because I bought the Samsung R525 3 weeks ago. I hope you like your new toy as much as I like my new toy. And agreed...it's taking forever to get everything transferred over. That part I'm NOT enjoying-lol.
You must be enjoying your new toy!
Very nice, very nice!
We are saving up for a Mac. I have never had one and Shel swears by one. They are pricey though, so it's a little ways off, but I can't wait.
Can't wait to hear how you enjoy this!
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