geekdaddy

The Geek Daddy is a bit of a computer nerd. I can handle most software problems that happen with today’s machines. This includes reinstalling operating systems as need be. So when my brand new HP Pavilion a6123W crashed last week I thought I could fix it. I was wrong.

The problem was that the audio jack, the physical connection between the jack and the speakers, was broken. No music for writing!!! No sound effects for gaming! No moans from my porn si……….Whoops! There was nothing to be done. The HP had to be repaired.

The HP support people were very helpful. The computer was under warranty. They would pay repair, and shipping. It would take 2- 4 weeks. My computer had to go to Texas for surgery. I took it to Fed Ex where they gave a tracking number, and marked it as fragile. I wondered if I would see it again.

So, I had to have a computer to write on. I am, after all, a blogger. I got into the closet and hauled out my old laptop. It is a Dell Latitude D600. It is a top of the line machine….in 2004. It’s got a 1.4 GHz processor, a Mobility Radeon video card, and 2 GHz of RAM. The only one I am excited about is the RAM.

It’s not that the laptop is bad. It functions just fine, for what it is. It’s like going from driving a Ferrari to a Toyota Camry. The Camry is fine; it’s just not my computing Ferrari. Sigh! It’s going to be a long 4 weeks.