The Man Who Wasn't There

I sometimes think being placed on hold is some scientific experiment in patience. I secretly believe that the technicians are on the other end of the phone, smoking cigarettes and listening in on their patients who are on hold. And that they are laughing hysterically at the words being yelled into the phone when, every two minutes, a voice comes on saying, "I'm sorry, all the technicians are currently busy. Please hold for the next available technician."

Let me tell you, those SOBs are definitely laughing at my angst as it pours into the deaf handset.

So, I bought a laptop last night. I knew that within the next few months I'd have to buy one. I'm going to training for my job. For six weeks. So, I knew I'd need a laptop to keep me sane for that long period. What happened yesterday just spurred my purchase a little quicker than expected.

But they're doing 2 years no interest. So. Can't complain there.

The laptop is nice. It's not great, but it'll do. I'm installing a couple games as I type this, so I'm still hoping it'll run them okay. The one thing I really hate about laptops is that unless you are buying expensive ones, it seems really difficult to find laptops that don't have integrated video RAM. This one has 256 MB of discrete video RAM and then it's integrated after that. So...it should be okay. My desktop PC it ain't.

I think the problem with my desktop is the power source. But of course ibuypower's tech support was closed on Saturdays. I was happily playing Tabula Rasa when my PC just shut down. Then I couldn't turn it back on. So, tomorrow I'll be calling tech support and figuring out what's what and what they're going to do. The PC's only about 6-7 months old, it's under warranty and tech support so things should be good. I hope.

So I'm posting from my phone because my PC died. I think its the power source. Off to best buy I go! Laptop here I come!