My laptop purchase recently has been so full of incident that I had to write about it.
After putting it off for a whole year, I finally decided to replace my dysfunctional laptop with a new one. (Disclaimer: Note that the laptop was dysfunctional and not non-functional and hence the prolonged procrastination). Bah! Who am I kidding? The end of procrastination came about coz I suddenly found myself with a bit of cash after a holiday week to the Small Isles was cancelled. Time for a birthday gift, I thought.
Unhappy with HP and a bit skeptical about Dell, I went for a Sony laptop. Granted the model came under the 'economical' category of the brand, but seriously, did they have to do such half-hearted job of it?
I had placed an online order for this laptop. Came back from Edinburgh on a Friday and found a card in my mailbox that said this:
Yes, the dumbass delivery guy had left a brand new laptop in the recycle box outside my doorstep! Nearly on the street. How he decided any box that was left on the street was a safe place to leave a laptop is something I'd like to ask him about! But after I slap him on the back of his head first. Anyhoo... the laptop was just lying there for a whole day. Waiting for anyone with some luck and a sharp eye and questionable morals to pick it up. Cursing the asshead, I opened the package and went 'Hah? That's a new laptop? Coz it was the most ugliest of laptops I had seen. And it didn't help when my sis who I was skyping with said 'Aw.. how vintage'!
I brushed off the sarcasm, pushed away the nagging thought that this might not even be a UK laptop even though its plug was, accepted half-heartedly that perhaps laptops in this country were sold without installation CDs, detailed manuals and stamped guarantee cards and went about 'owning' the laptop. Now imagine my irritation when it gives me a stupid error message when I clicked on the MS Word Starter pack.
That's it! I pack it and took it to the shop. The poor teenaged shop assistant's eyes popped when I told her that I was returning a Sony laptop. 'A Sony?', her attitude seemed to be screaming! She tried hard not to make a face (I could tell the effort, unfortunately). But I did it. Sent this piece of work back!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-EH2F1E-Windows-Premium-Capacity/dp/B005MOSIIU/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347114101&sr=1-2
Why the heck it had a £549 price tag initially is still a puzzle. Stay away from the model! Even your grandparents won't be happy if you gifted it to them!
After putting it off for a whole year, I finally decided to replace my dysfunctional laptop with a new one. (Disclaimer: Note that the laptop was dysfunctional and not non-functional and hence the prolonged procrastination). Bah! Who am I kidding? The end of procrastination came about coz I suddenly found myself with a bit of cash after a holiday week to the Small Isles was cancelled. Time for a birthday gift, I thought.
Unhappy with HP and a bit skeptical about Dell, I went for a Sony laptop. Granted the model came under the 'economical' category of the brand, but seriously, did they have to do such half-hearted job of it?
I had placed an online order for this laptop. Came back from Edinburgh on a Friday and found a card in my mailbox that said this:
Yes, the dumbass delivery guy had left a brand new laptop in the recycle box outside my doorstep! Nearly on the street. How he decided any box that was left on the street was a safe place to leave a laptop is something I'd like to ask him about! But after I slap him on the back of his head first. Anyhoo... the laptop was just lying there for a whole day. Waiting for anyone with some luck and a sharp eye and questionable morals to pick it up. Cursing the asshead, I opened the package and went 'Hah? That's a new laptop? Coz it was the most ugliest of laptops I had seen. And it didn't help when my sis who I was skyping with said 'Aw.. how vintage'!
I brushed off the sarcasm, pushed away the nagging thought that this might not even be a UK laptop even though its plug was, accepted half-heartedly that perhaps laptops in this country were sold without installation CDs, detailed manuals and stamped guarantee cards and went about 'owning' the laptop. Now imagine my irritation when it gives me a stupid error message when I clicked on the MS Word Starter pack.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-EH2F1E-Windows-Premium-Capacity/dp/B005MOSIIU/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347114101&sr=1-2
Why the heck it had a £549 price tag initially is still a puzzle. Stay away from the model! Even your grandparents won't be happy if you gifted it to them!
