Computer Complaints (and other stories)

Reason Why I am Destined for Hell #1

I forgot to mention in yesterday's post that during a conversation I had with my orchestra director, he said the following to me:

"Don't worry, I trust your opinion."

Later in the rehearsal, the violin section was bitching (a standard orchestra event, really) about having a difficult part that was, if anything, a very minor supporting part. Our director said to this complaint, "I know, I know, the standard musicians' complaint: Why are we working so hard if no one is listening? But we don't have time for existential questions right now..." and then he laughed.

SATAN, I TELL YOU.

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In other news, my laptop has not been functioning as of late. I have a Dell Studio, for those of your who are wondering. This is my second Dell laptop, and needless to say, my first one was not much better. But for the third time since purchasing this laptop, which I affectionately call Basil, its speakers are broken. The headphone jacks work, which I guess serves me for now, but it's still frustrating. I can still accomplish all the means I actually need: word processing and listening to music and internet access. BUT STILL. Quality of life-wise? Now I can't blast music when I'm getting dressed in the morning.

Another thing that annoyed me about this was my phone call with Dell Support. I mean, they were nice and charming, but they also totally doubted my ability (as do most of my friends, to be fair) to handle computer problems.

Dell: So I'm just uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.

Me: Yeah, I've done that twice already.

Dell: So we're going to do that.

[30 minutes later]

Dell: Now I want to do a System Restore back to last Friday.

Me: I did that on Sunday.

Dell: Great. So let's do that.

I KNOW HOW TO FIX A COMPUTER! And then they proceeded to tell me that it was clearly a PC/hard drive problem, and that in order to fix it, I need to back up all of my files and documents so they can totally wipe Basil's memory. It's not a system problem! I am convinced that this is a hardware issue. And they just did not acknowledge that.

I'm thinking about getting a Mac. Don't hate me.