Laptop died, temporarily screwed
July 5th, 2006For those of you who are priveleged enough to interact with me online on a semi-regular basis, expect very little communication for the next couple days. I’m on vacation, but usually that doesn’t stop me from the occassional online connection. However, my laptop decided to take a dive at the exact beginning of my vacation leaving me high and dry on a few things…
Anyway, a couple lessons learned:
- US replacement plans are worthless when you’re in the UK.
- Replacement plan turnarounds suck. I’m only going to be in the US for a week before OSCON, which doesn’t give me a chance to get a replacement!
- The Euro/Pound exchange rate sucks (looking at buying a new laptop here)
- My Sony VAIO S260 has a recurring problem where it ceases to turn on after a couple months (the mother board fries itslef after a while). CompUSA better give me a freaking new model – this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve sent this one in.