Letting Go

[cbertsch]

I just wrote a very long entry on what it was like to take my daughter to the mall today. And then my client crashed while I was saving it. For a moment, I was livid. But then I had an idea. What if, like the art of people like Andy Goldsworthy, the loss of my words wasn't really loss at all? What if, like some of the rock sculptures he builds at ocean's edge, their unwitnessed disappearance was the best way for my ideas to be expressed? It sounds like a rationalization, I know. But it's preferable to throwing the laptop across the room.

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laptop in room flight horror

[e4q.livejournal.com]

i, too, am suffering from technology.

terri has offered to buy me a new one, so i have been looking, but it is getting me in a shocking temper now, and i am beginning to think that with a clean install i would rather keep this one which was cheap and i have low expectations of.

bah and bloody seasons humbugs.

Re: laptop in room flight horror

[cbertsch.livejournal.com]

I really think an Apple is the way to go. They're just easier to deal with. My friends with Vista laptops -- the only option at this point, if you want anything with power -- complain all the time about them. The cheapest Apple available now, the white one, is a very good machine. I have one and love it. The new silver ones are sexier, of course, but the white one should do.

Re: laptop in room flight horror

[e4q.livejournal.com]

aaargh!

freedom from choice is what i want
freedom of choice is what i've got

Re: laptop in room flight horror

[cbertsch.livejournal.com]

Make Terri decide. Or I will, if you need a firm hand. What's the budget?

Re: laptop in room flight horror

[e4q.livejournal.com]

complicated, since she wants to pay £600 towards it and if i want i can pay more myself. i could actually put 200 towards it now and pay another 200 in a few months time, so i do have enough for a shitkicker if i want one and am careful. unfortunately the dollar pound ratio doesn't work with computers, so it isn't a case of doubling it. it's like a dollar is more or less the same as a pound. i have been fantasising about macs and alienware, but have been looking at dells - i think the realistic question is do i want a souped up basic or a basic better one.