Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Excuses

When I'm at work, I try not to type too much. When I'm at home (with voice software), I'm sick of sitting in front of a computer.

My laptop had voice software, too, but it died. I don't want to buy another laptop just to dictate.

Those are my excuses. I'm still looking for my answers.

6 comments:

perrykat said...

Was it your tablet that died? Why are laptops so easily killed?

Jebbo said...

In this case, it was the screen that went phffft. The swivel-stuff may add to the problem. A packaged monitor that you can replace separately would help.

Laptops are all-or-nothing, so I guess when something goes wrong it takes the whole thing with it.

Jebbo said...

Yeah, it was the tablet.

Jebbo said...

And I'm torn because it was a powerhouse laptop, quite expensive. You can easily drop $2000 on a powerful lightweight laptop, whereas something simple runs $800 or so. There's a Dell XPS gaming laptop that's well reviewed, but it's $2400. I mean, come on...

Then there's the new Macs that run Windows. Pricey pricey.

Reminds me of shopping for cars.

Jebbo said...

Funny... it just occurred to me that I could in theory use my LCD monitor attached to the tablet. At least to boot it up and see if it works. And I could sit on the couch maybe.

Hmmm... interesting...

perrykat said...

I've lost two laptops in 4 years: a Viao and a HP/Compac, I'm now on #3. This time I went for a Dell, hoping for better results. It is an Inspiron E 1405, and so far I like it very much. I had a coupon for 40% off (came in the mail), so rather than being around $1500, it was $800 (including a 2003 office package). The only thing I couldn't get that I would have liked to have is Bluetooth (not that I would use it). If I were rich, I would have gone for a Mac, but I can't afford the change over (new software...).

Anyway. Sorry you lost yours.