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I'm back, again.
On the first part of my explanation to my relatively long absence, I said that one of the reasons is that our computer crashed. Thankfully, the harddrive was still intact and we were able to recover all the data. We had to reinstall all the programs though.
They told me it might cost us $600 to repair it, and that's not including the $120 they'll charge me just to look at it. So...we just decided to buy a new pc, a laptop actually. We were thinking of buying one when the computer croaks anyway. We want something that we can take to the Philippines when we go on vacation there.
So, we bought this Toshiba laptop. The reason I picked it is because the brand is one of the well known brand in terms of functionality and customer satisfaction. But, and that's a big but (like JLo's, hehe), it doesn't guarantee anything. You can still get a lemon, and sure enough, we got one. After about 10 days, the dang thing wouldn't work. The on button was stuck, and because it has a battery, it wouldn't turn off. Despite that, the screen is just blank!
I work in the Information Technology industry but I'm really starting to hate technology. We took it to CompUSA and they were gracious enough to replace it with a brand new one (you have 21 days, and I bought a 2 year warranty). It's all good again, except that we have to load all our software and data again. That's one of the advantages of buying software with a disc over downloading it through the web. You can easily reinstall them if your computer breaks.
Then ya'll know about my ISP travails. AOL gives me 4 Kbps connection. I was literally reading a book while surfing the internet. As most of you know, they offer 3 months free, but the service is intolerable. So we decided to PeoplePC. I'm connected right now at 37 Kbps (you with DSL, you can stop laughing now). I know it's not blazing fast, but its ok. I can blog again!
posted by: jennjr (reply)
post date: 08.27.05 (11:20 am)
Welcome back!
posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 08.27.05 (7:58 pm)
Reply to: jennjr
Thanks. Glad to be back :)
posted by: danggi (reply)
post date: 08.29.05 (10:02 pm)
I'm not laughing. Im not also on dsl. It's a little expensive and I don't have much time to use it so it's not practical to subscribe.
Welcome back po! : )
posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 08.30.05 (1:06 pm)
Reply to: danggi
I've been getting 45 kbps connection lately so I think we'll stick to dial up for a while :)
It's nice to be back, now if I can think of topics to blog about....
posted by: Deanna (reply)
post date: 08.30.05 (1:10 pm)
Oooh, I hate AOL. Have you tried MSN?? Even with dial up my mom's is pretty fast and she uses MSN.
Glad you have you back.
posted by: danggi (reply)
post date: 08.30.05 (4:52 pm)
Reply to: theseeker
I usually get 46 to 54 kbps connection.
I'm looking forward to your upcoming blogs. : )
posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 08.30.05 (5:46 pm)
Reply to: Deanna
I don't know how could they charge $24.99 with that kind of service. Probably their 3 months free bait. We've never tried MSN but I'm not surprised they're better than AOL.
posted by: mnash (reply)
post date: 09.01.05 (11:47 am)
I've really enjoyed our Toshiba we bought in March. Only $499 although by the time you're finished it is $1100(less $500 mail in rebates) that we used to pay on other things and interest is killing us so my wife transferred the balance to a 0 interest card. Hope the 2nd one is good for you.
posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 09.03.05 (8:03 am)
Reply to: danngi
Salamat po!
56 Kbps is not bad at all, DSL is $25 more/month in our neck of the woods. I rarely download stuff so I think we'll stick to dial-up for a while.
posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 09.03.05 (8:07 am)
Reply to: mnash
It's working fine, so hopefully it will last at least 3 years. We sent in those mail-in rebates and one of them is a sham. One is two free flights to any continental state, but you have to stay with one of their partner hotels for a minimum of nights. I checked out the prices and they're like $190 per night. The other one hasn't come in yet but its for $150. We're hoping there's no catch this time.
So do you have a laptop too?
