So far, so good

I couldn’t take the suspense any longer—yesterday I powered up my laptop for the first time in the eight days since the terrorism incident.  Despite my usual pessimism, I thought the machine would probably survive.  I breathed relief as it worked through the usual sequence of start up screens.  But suddenly, an out of sequence display of random colors and patterns suggested that all was not well.  Then the thing stopped and hung.  I stopped and waited.  In horror.  Oh shoot!  No, no, no!  Not my brand new computer! That wasn’t really a $600 terrible two-ism, was it?

After I finished yelling, I finally settled and tried what all the super clever computer fixers do: the restart.

Et voila!  My computer has been working great for 20+ hours.  The only problem is that I remember that out of sequence, out of place display.  I know that wasn’t good.  I cannot breathe relief.  I remember Pdad’s bitter experience . . .

I have a solution.  I’m not going to turn it off.  Not ever.

Do you think that will work?

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April 5, 2009 | Filed Under Technology 

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2 Responses to “So far, so good”

  1. Rosalie on April 6th, 2009 9:18 am

    Wow, that’s cool that it’s working. Hope it continues to do it’s job for you. I’m chicken about viruses so I turn mine off all the time. You have good technical support at your house. P-dad has probably installed good precautions so maybe it would work to leave it on. It would be sucking power. Did P-dad’s computer just refuse to start at all one day?

  2. Pmom on April 6th, 2009 8:56 pm

    Yes, the first day Pdad turned his computer on after his incident, it worked just fine. The next day it wouldn’t turn on at all, and never has again.

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