New Laptop

I’m sick. Boo. I had a sore throat all day yesterday and went to bed early last night, but still woke up with a sore throat. A stuffy head and general achiness have now joined the list of symptoms as well.

Sadly, and sadly fortunate, is that I’m not so sick that I needed to stay home from work. I have so, so much to do this week. It’s already Wednesday. Yikes.

Matt and Gavin are getting new computers at work today. I’m jealous. I have another year to wait before I’m scheduled for “refresh.” We get new computers every three years…

Speaking of computers: I bought a laptop yesterday. From Dell. Using a coupon that gave me $750 off a system that was $1899 or more. So I designed a laptop that cost exactly $1900 and bought it for $1150. Yay! It’s a far nicer laptop than I’d originally planned on getting, and I spent about $300 more than I’d planned to. But I couldn’t resist the deal. For $300 more, I got a laptop worth $1000 more. I know that’s exactly how Dell wants you to think about it, because I spent more and thus they made more. And obviously if they can sell a $1900 laptop for $1150, it wasn’t really worth $1900 in the first place.

But hey, I get what I want and Dell gets what they want. I’m a sucker for a deal. Dell should love me. So it’s in production. The estimated ship date is 8/16, but based on George’s experience when he ordered his laptop a while ago, I’m hoping on the off-chance that it arrives before I go to San Francisco. I doubt it will, but maybe.

I think I have a serious addiction to electronics and technology.