Computer Troubleshooting
My current laptop was a desperate purchase. My previous laptop, a Dell, had crapped out earlier that day, deciding it no longer had any energy to power the screen. Because Murphy’s law is a callous, calculated bitch, my device up and died at the beginning of my workday, leaving me white-knuckling my desk and staring into the black abyss that was my blank monitor. The mountains of paperwork I needed to finish would inevitably avalanche into the rest of my week unless I addressed the problem immediately.
The Dell had supported me all through college and into my second year of work. I probably could have salvaged it, but after seven years, Old Yeller needed to go. Besides, fixing a computer would be much more time-consuming than outright buying a new one. The only fatality would be my next paycheck, but that was a problem for Future Solomon. The Present Solomon needed to relieve his nervous breakdown and get on over the Best Buy.
I bought my current HP laptop because the screen was big, it had a disk drive, and the price was exorbitant enough for me to believe I was getting a fancy product. I didn’t ask an employee for help, partly due to my distrust of salespeople and partly due to an intense fear of store employees. I could’ve done research, but that entailed work and did not satiate my need for instant gratification. As such, I walked out with my HP laptop 20 minutes after having entered Best Buy.
My laptop was intended for YouTube, iTunes, and Microsoft Word. Websites and video recording software were not even dreams at the time, but here we are. To its credit, my HP accomplishes most of my computer needs; it just also happens to need half an hour to fully boot. Skip that 30-minute warm-up, and the result is a stuttering video. What I had intended to be a simple video ended up being a two-week long affair as I waited for Editor One to throw together something to make-up for my computer’s faults.
His additions have certainly helped the video feel presentable, but the glitchy sections remain. It wouldn’t sting as much if I didn’t think the video was one of my stronger works, but hell, that’s life. Continue to direct all feedback and questions my way, and feel free to send any viruses to my HP to make it hobble more than it already does.