Dell Computers SUCK!!!!

When I sat at my computer at work and slowly and carefully “built” my Dell computer just a few weeks before I left for New Zealand, I was excited as a pig in shit. Being the internet junkie I am, having one’s own laptop, a NEW laptop, is akin to getting a new car or winning a modest lottery sum. It feels soooooo good. I took my time, and started out with a base laptop that was about $600. By the time I had finished “upgrading” and adding all the bells and whistles I thought were essential or cheap enough to be justifiable, the computer came out to about $1100. Since that’s about what I had expected to pay when I first began my computer hunt, I was pretty satisfied. One little splurge was to give the laptop a dreamy blue cover that glistens in the light. When the computer finally arrived at my desk at work, I laughed and clapped and sang. The mail lady stood stupified and said that was the first time she had ever been cheered when delivering mail. I hugged the box and put it down, claiming I would not open it ‘til I got home. My co-worker Tina eyed me knowingly and said, “You’ll never make it to the end of the day.”

She was right.

At home as I set the computer up, I immediately noticed problems. After several frustrating calls, (the sales people were assholes, the tech people fairly cool), I ended up totally re-installing the OS. That’s not especially comforting in a brand new computer. I called them to replace it, but they couldn’t guarantee me a new one before I left for NZ, so I was stuck with what I have. Since then, problems have continued, though all minor. The new one, which though small, was INCREDIBLY FUCKING FRUSTRATING was the ceasing effectiveness of the spacebar. Now, I’ve had keyboards where a single letter, like “W” stops working, and that’s rather annoying, but easily fixed since keyboards nowadays cost like 10 bucks. What do you do on a laptop though? And what do you do when the SPACEBAR stops working? My god, could there be any key that’s sudden uselessness could be more debilitating?

Needless to say, I eventually KINDA fixed it after prying off the damn thing a few times and having a crack at it. I hate doing that, since often once you starting fecking around with the keyboard, it never works quite the same again, but I was pretty desperate. At one point I had it working, but then the “c” wouldn’t work. I hate Dell. I hate Dell. I hate Dell.