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2007/04/17: Blogging from DigCCurr 2007

I need a new motherboard for my laptop. I use a Dell Latitude D610 and its...a Dell...
I think universities get good contracts for Dells. I've used one for the past ten years and I've never been particularly impressed by the performance.

I've had this baby for 2 or 3 years now. It has never docked properly into it's desktop station. The screen configuration settings are supposed to switch between the desktop station monitor and the screen on the laptop. Never.worked.

We tried many things and even called Dell, but for the past two years I've been manually switching the configuration settings every time I docked. Annoying, but live-able. Now the laptop won't dock at all. It won't recognize the power supply when it's input through the docking station.

Dell says it's cause I need a new motherboard.

Bad timing.

I leave for N.C. and DigCCurr tomorrow and I was intending to blog the sessions I attend. I have to leave the laptop at work so the Dell guy can arrive "either today or tomorrow" (shall I hold my breath?). I will probably take M's PowerBook so I won't be computer-less.

I am decidedly NOT a Mac person. I know, I know. All the cool kids love their Macs. I'm one of those weird people who have a hard time switching back and forth. I have problems telling my left from my right so it does mess me up to have the windows buttons on the opposite side.

I will still be blogging, it just may be slower than I intended.

Labels: DigCCurr 2007

posted by Laura @ 7:16 AM