Not single spies, but in battalions...

[desperance]

I have spoken to the nice computerman. He has a speculative diagnosis - a circuitboard directly behind the power button, that is unique of course to Dell - and so we have to wait for parts to be flown in from Ireland before he can test it out, and it'll be the back end of next week, and aaargh.

I confess, I don't quite know what to do now. Find a way to work sensibly on the laptop, I suppose. Impulsively buying a new desktop this afternoon would be ... impulsive. And extravagant. And other things equally bad. *nods*

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[dedbutdrmng.livejournal.com]

Is it one of those oval shaped dells? They nearly tempted me with those when I bought my laptop.

The parts thing and one conversation with their customer service centre stopped me buying Dell. I've grown to love my laptop. It tells me the outside temperature, I realise this isn't a massively important feature but I find it oddly pleasing.

It's cold out.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

Buying a new PC might be extravagant, but you really ought to think about buying an external USB hard drive (if you haven't already), just as backup. Because? Once your desktop is out of the picture, of course your laptop will be eagerly plotting how best to betray you ...

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Honey, it's cold in.

Not a pretty oval Dell, just a reg'lar box. But I was fond of it. Till now.

I wouldn't know where to go if I didn't buy Dell. Loyal to a fault, to several faults; I've been with 'em since their very early days, way back in the '80s. I think this is the first machine to develop a hardware problem, so I've not done badly. But, oh glory, I could be living without it.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yes. I can hear it whispering, even as we speak...

[gauroth.livejournal.com]

*hugs* We have a Dell that looks as though it should be part of a Borg ship. The only problem we ever had was when the on-off switch sheared off. (Not _snapped_ off, _sheared_ off.)

Such a tiny problem, but it took two weeks to repair. Very, very frustrating. I hope yours returns home soonest.