Light enough for traveling? Rugged enough with its solid state drive to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
The one that cost more than my month-long cruise -- which says something about the expense of the computer, the reasonableness of the cruise price, or both. Or neither, for that matter.
Well, I bet you are ready to hear that it has died from the heat and humidity after a mere four months of service. Exactly like its Sony cousin back in 2009.
But if you think that. You are wrong. Close. But still wrong.
Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting in what has become my afternoon cocoon. In the shade of my patio with a nice electric breeze. Catching up on reading The Economist online. Because my mail copy has taken French leave the past two months.
I swatted at one of the flies that hatched out in our recent rains. And missed. Well, I missed the fly. But I managed to knock over a bottle of water. On my lap top.
After having done all the dumb things (like leaving am open water bottle next to my computer, I did the smart things. I pulled out the power adapter. Held the power switch down until the power light went out. And turned the computer over to let as much water as possibler drain out.
Now, I will wait. I will left it upside down to dry out over the next day or so. Of course, not much dries out around here this time of year.
I will then try the only test that will let me know if it is alive or on the do not resuscitate list. If it will turn on using battery power, I will be home free. To ruin it in some more creative fashion.
For the next two days, I am not certain if I will post anything. But you will soon be the first to know whether I am in the market for another computer.
The one that cost more than my month-long cruise -- which says something about the expense of the computer, the reasonableness of the cruise price, or both. Or neither, for that matter.
Well, I bet you are ready to hear that it has died from the heat and humidity after a mere four months of service. Exactly like its Sony cousin back in 2009.
But if you think that. You are wrong. Close. But still wrong.
Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting in what has become my afternoon cocoon. In the shade of my patio with a nice electric breeze. Catching up on reading The Economist online. Because my mail copy has taken French leave the past two months.
I swatted at one of the flies that hatched out in our recent rains. And missed. Well, I missed the fly. But I managed to knock over a bottle of water. On my lap top.
After having done all the dumb things (like leaving am open water bottle next to my computer, I did the smart things. I pulled out the power adapter. Held the power switch down until the power light went out. And turned the computer over to let as much water as possibler drain out.
Now, I will wait. I will left it upside down to dry out over the next day or so. Of course, not much dries out around here this time of year.
I will then try the only test that will let me know if it is alive or on the do not resuscitate list. If it will turn on using battery power, I will be home free. To ruin it in some more creative fashion.
For the next two days, I am not certain if I will post anything. But you will soon be the first to know whether I am in the market for another computer.
