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[fox]

Okay, so for the past few days, my laptop has been -- I don't know, experiencing turbulence.  Sometimes at random, but normally on events, like clicking a button or minimizing a window or whatever, the screen will sort of fuzz out for a second.  Like, a kind of horizontal ~zzt~ and then it rights itself.

Is this a sign of impending doom?  Do I need to start investigating New Computer options quick, before my loans come due?  Or is it just annoying and nothing to worry about?  Inquiring -- and recently-employed -- minds want to know.  (Thing runs kind of slowly sometimes, too, but it's probably time I did a defrag.  And the HD is just about full, which may have something to do with it.  But right now, every forty seconds or so Semagic is freezing for a minute and then catchingup all at once.  'Sup with that?)

Thoughts on a postcard.

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[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

OH! I nearly forgot. How about a gig or two gig flash drive? Microcenter has gig flashes for $15 and two gig for around $35. That might help and it's a cheap thing too.

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I've got an external (80GB, I think, unless it's 120; currently partitioned), and a 2GB flash drive -- but there's stuff a person wants to have on the box itself, right?, unless I'm crazy. I mean. When I travel, I'm not bringing the external with me. And if I moved my whole iTunes library (for example), it wouldn't fit on a 2 gig flash drive. I don't want another hard drive -- I want a bigger one. [pout] [looks at whether memory is upgradeable]

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Memory is upgradable, but MS will still freak because of disk space.

You can buy a bigger hard drive, either from IBM or from a reputable dealer. I can help you transfer all your files to the new hard drive, since I've got an adapter.

Lemme know.