Burn in Hell PC

OK, so I lied about the whole last post of the year thing. But in light of recent events...



I hate PCs. Hate them, with a passion. For the 5th time since I've owned a Dell laptop (a wopping total of 5 years), my computer has crashed. For no particular reason. No virus, no droppage, nothing. Just done, over, crashed.

I was being all sorts of studious last night when, all of sudden, the blue screen of death (BSoD) appeared on my PC. (see above)

Relax Jen, this isn't really happening. And this definitely isn't happening during midterm week.

O.. wait.... yes it is.

The BSoD informed me that my computer was performing a "physical memory dump." After several fits of giggles, I pondered what this actually meant. O, that's my physical memory you're dumping. That's my anatomy lectures, pictures, contacts, and music you're dumping.

After I came back inside from picking my computer up off the ground, careful not to step on any of the broken glass, I attempted my own troubleshooting for an hour before giving up hope. The dump was complete.

I have now vowed revenge against PC and swear I will never sell out to its user-friendly Windows applications ever again.

Fortunately, my stepdad was able to salvage the important stuff from my harddrive... documents and pictures. Now I have to ship the PC back to Dell, have them fiddle with it for 6 weeks, call to tell me it'll be another 6 weeks before they can ship it back, and finally have my computer returned to me as a clean slate in about 15 weeks. I'll play the game and ship it back, but I'm now on the prowl for a Mac. A nice shiny new one that doesn't have a BSoD.

OK, I'm really leaving this time and studying for midterms. No posting til after the New Year, really. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions for buying a good Mac though. I'll read all about it when I return.

O, and I also lost about 1500 songs in this ordeal.