You all are probably sick to death of hearing me complain about my laptop. (Trust me, as sick as you are, Kile is sicker because he has to live with it 24/7.) (And by “it”, I mean me.)
But I had to let you all know that I am NOT exaggerating when I talk about how messed up this thing is. Which, you know, means I had to take some pictures.
That there is the underside of my laptop. Do you see how the stickers have that funky look to them? That’s because they’re BURNT. From the heat. Do you remember me talking about the heat? It is HOT. We can hear the fan running but it’s obviously not doing it’s job because this laptop tends to start overheating when I open up iTunes or Photoshop or somesuch.
We’re also missing one of the little rubber “feet” in the corners. Lord knows where I went. I don’trecall it falling off. The “lid/screen” also lost a couple of rubber feet and I do remember that and I remember trying to stick the foot back in the hole until the foot disappeared altogether. You know? THE HEAT MELTED THE GLUE.
You can also seem some lovely shiny silver metal where the black paint has started to just flake off. Not sure why it would flake off unless it’s maybe BURNT or something.
Oh and my Windows XP sticker is all peeled and warped and barely readable. No big deal. I’m sure I won’t need that Product Key for anything. *cough*
Wanna see the keyboard?
At first glance, it might even look like a normal laptop keyboard. Then you realize the Windows sticker in the bottom right corner is… blank. I think it got rubbed off? And the Intel sticker is all crooked. Cuz the glue is melty. GEE I WONDER WHY. Also of note: the Control key on the left side is gone. Remember me mentioning that? Yeah, it just disappeared. So I’ve had to train my fingers to use the righthand Control key instead. You can also see my mouse/touchpad but you can’t see how the left button won’t “click” anymore and you can hardly tell the worn off silver paint on the right button. It’s also hard to tell how the buttons are getting so worn down that some of them (like the “n” key for some reason) have grooves worn down into the center of them.
Okay, SERIOUSLY?
This laptop isn’t that old. And yes, I’m hard on things but COME ON. There should be some degree of hardiness here, shouldn’t there? Does no one take pride in their product anymore? BAH! Shame on you, Dell! (You could make it up to me, you know, with a shiny new laptop. Just sayin’.)
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My old laptop was so hot it cracked the wood on my desk..biiiig crack….blech.
I destroy computers….now husbands is wonky because I am using it..
When my computer had to be fixed a few weeks ago or so I remember talking to the tech and telling him how I was surprised how hot my laptop got. “Oh,” he says, “that’s why we don’t call them laptops anymore. They’re notebooks now because, in order to do all the stuff they have to do, they carry a lot more engineering and mechanics inside of them. You should never put it on your lap for any length of time, but always use it on a hard surface.”
Does that help?
Perhaps one of those Dell product evangelists will read this post and offer you a new computer.
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ARG computer issues, I might actually make out with my computer if I ever get a new one
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I second what Randi said. Elana Centor wrote about this very thing for BlogHer sometime last year, and it inspired me to buy two things: a notebook cooling podium which raises the computer a couple inches above whatever surface it’s on so that air can circulate underneath it, and a tray/table on wheels, like hospital patients have. The latter is particularly awesome when I am unwilling to leave the coziness of my down comforter during the winter.
Fabric surfaces = early death to notebooks. I yell at my son every time I see him rest his on the carpet.
My old laptop had a faulty fan and overheated ALL the time. Even if you aren’t having trouble with your fan, though, you could try an external fan. I used one by Antec that worked pretty well and is powered by the USB port (the one I had provided an additional port on its plug so that it doesn’t really use up the port). It doesn’t physically connect to the computer other than at the USB port (you just sit the computer on top of it), so it’s easiest to use on a desk or other hard surface (it needs good airflow anyway). It’s not as good or fun as a new computer, but it could at least help the heat issue.
Also, I don’t have kids yet, so I don’t really know what a Boppy feels like (you mentioned that you’re using it as a laptop desk), but if there’s any chance it’s impeding the airflow for the computer’s fan, that could be an issue as well.
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Maybe it is in menopause. It sounds like it is having hot flashes.
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