an unfortunate tennis ball related accident on friday left my poor vgn-z750d crippled albeit in a temporarily usable shape. 24hrs later, the lcd screen on the z finally gave out, and half the screen was rendered unusable. my normal reaction to these things is to kick myself and mope for about a week, but seeing as how the instrument which in itself is the very essence of my sustenance was significantly compromised, i had to think quick.
a quick call to sony support (my old nemesis) revealed that the repairs would cost up to 700 dollars; weighing all my other alternatives, i decided that as costly as it is, this would be my only and best option at the moment, bit my lip and sent the laptop in for repairs.
but then came the question of what i were to do for the 2-3 weeks i’d be without a portable form of computing necessary for my work and research — i considered using the computers at work and solely relying on the computer labs there, but then i realized this would probably not become such a feasible option when i have to work late nights.
then the cliche “i’ll sleep on it” actually became of some use — waking up some 12 hours later, i realized that one solution would be to buy an interim computer, or a disposable computer of sorts which i could use until my computer comes back from repairs. then i realized that this would be the most opportune chance to buy myself a netbook and probably the only way to justify spending two and a half bills on yet another toy i probably don’t need.
so thanks again president kennedy, for your conveniently conventional words of wisdom, and allow me to introduce the newest member of the amano uji, the asus 1005ha:
aint she a beaut?