Stress and Tears
You know the old story; the mechanic who fixes Porsche’s while driving an old Chevy Citation or something. Well, thats about how I feel sometime. In all my computers, only 1 of them has been completely new. All other computers have been pieced together with old equipment.
The pain finally hit after one of the parts on my laptop was stressed beyond it’s design and cracked. One of the hinges on the laptop screen is toast, and the other one doesn’t have enough tension to hold the laptop up sufficiently. This is not a good situation, especially since I’m relying on my laptop to get me through an upcoming HazMat class.I was able to find a piece on Ebay to replace the broken one, but after looking over the whole system I can tell that it’s in dire need of replacement.
As most of you know, I try my best to take care of my equipment. This wasn’t always the case, but in the past number of years, I’ve done everything I can to protect this laptop. I keep it virus clean as well as handling it with kid gloves to make sure that the case or screen doesn’t get damaged. While inspecting the broken hinge, I’ve found a number of cracks in the case at various points.
I can only hope it lasts another year and a half.
