Last week I got so fed up with the slow performance of the internet on my computer, I went directly to amazon and ordered a new one. Even though I can't afford it (my credit card company thought it was fraud). Even though I just spent, in the last year: $150 for a new battery, $300 for new hard drive installation and data recovery off the old one, and $200 for an upgrade in RAM. Even after all that, the fucking computer still can't play an online video smoothly. It can't load and play at the same time whatsoever. If I want to watch a choppy video, I have to wait 3x as long for it to load as it does to watch. The only videos that play smoothly are the ones that are so compressed, you can't make anything out anyway. Now I ask you, what is the point of paying $70 a month for so-called high speed internet if your computer can't even play an animated GIF in anything but super-slow-mo?
Side notes: My current computer is 6.5 years old. The specs are 1.33 GHz, 2G RAM. I know that the battery and hard drive have nothing to do with internet. I know I spent a lot on upgrading an old computer, enough that I could have just gotten a new one. But for that amount all I could get is a PC, which in my opinion stands for Piece of Crap. Just know this, I would pay double, triple, ten times more for a non-windows computer. I hate Microsoft more than anything in the world, and I will go to great lengths to avoid using their products. But I digress...
The new computer arrives tomorrow. It is a MacBook Pro 15" and will replace my PowerBook G4 17" which has been too big for my tastes. The thing is downright ungainly, and I'm really looking forward to cutting back on bulk and weight. The new battery supposedly lasts up to 10 hours (I'll believe it when I see it) and it has the machined billet aluminum body. Fucking sweet!
I anticipate writing a review on my new laptop. Let's hope it is a Rave.
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