My computer is the biggest POS in the world!
1. The fans don’t work, so it can’t cool itself off. I have to keep ice packs in the freezer for when it starts getting hot.
2. If I do anything major – ie, big file in photoshop, or something “difficult” on the internet (like flickr’s organizr), my computer will flip out and just shut down. It reminds me of a big baby throwing a tantrum!
3. The CD/DVD drive does not work. If I even want to open it, I have to use a paper clip.
4. The battery is screwed up. I won’t pay another $120 for another one. It only gives about 20 minutes of life… sometimes a half hour if I’m lucky. They’re supposed to give an hour and a half.
5. The spot where you plug in the power cord on the back hasn’t worked in almost two years. I thought it was the cord, originally – I now have 3 power cords which is sort-of nice. But no, the thing is just worn out, I had to buy a giant port replicator that attaches to the back of my computer in order to plug it in.
6. I have absolutely no space left. I’m basically working off my external hard-drive, and all my scratch disks on Photoshop have to be set to the external, too. Anytime I try to do something I get warnings left and right about it. I’m down to bare bones – I can no longer play the Sims or even have it on my system, or any games. Almost all of my files are now on the external, because everytime it gets really pissy about the space issue, I have to start finding things to move. I don’t have much more left.
7. Sorry I’m not technically savvy so I hope I get this right – my computer has two slots for RAM. One of them is shot. It can no longer be used. I had a bigger card or chip or whatever you call it put in the other slot.
8. A key broke off after I’d had it a few months and I’ve never been able to figure out to get it back on.
9. There was the whole “unmountable boot volume” crap a while back. Seems to be fixed but what a pain in the butt that was.
10. Memory Card reader. Yeah that worked for about 6 months before it just crapped out.
It is, luckily, paid off.
I’m hoping to shop for a new one for my birthday :B