As many people have said, Dell laptop batteries have a shitty life. My laptop was always plugged in except for when I used it to take notes in class. After a little over a year of constant use, life on my 6-cell Inspiron E1505 battery dropped from 4 hours to 1. Having wi-fi on severely shortens it. It was to the point where my laptop would cut off after 40 minutes, and that’s with wi-fi off and the screen on the dimmest setting. Ah, the days of taking notes in class and fretting over the time left on the battery. Some days I would be screaming at the professors (in my head of course) to hurry and flash the rest of the day’s lecture slides before my laptop died. Then, after 1 year and 5 months the battery would last 20 minutes max =/

A few weeks ago I finally got a new battery. Had to shell out $120+ for this new baby though… But, there’s nothing like sitting in bed with your laptop unplugged :) Especially if you have a lofted bed. Because those dangling cords are pretty awkward. Really, Dell. I can’t afford to pay over $100 a year for a new battery!!

So now I have to think twice about buying another Dell laptop. My parents have mentioned that they want to buy me a new one, since I’ve had a few major problems with my current one. I’ve used nothing but Dell computers, so I’m kind of hesitant to branch out there. Don’t want to touch HP either. I’ve helped my cousins fix theirs way too much throughout the years. The thing is, if I buy a new PC laptop it would come with Vista…. Pretty, but system intense. And are more programs compatible with it?! I haven’t read up on it since its initial launch, so maybe by now it’s cons have been improved.

My mom even asked me how I felt about Macs. Ooh. Very pretty. And light, weight wise :D But using them seems so counterintuitive to me. The first computers I learned to use were Macs, and for some reason I could not get the hang of them. I didn’t understand how to use a computer until we got a desktop PC. And now, when I use someone else’s Mac, I’m so lost. Windows just seem so straightforward to me. I simply like how everything is structured. However, since Macs can run Windows now… I will definitely look into it O:)