Friday 11 June 2010

What would you do?

I am struggling to make a decision.

Basically my laptop had been overheating and turning itself off a lot lately. So, having worked in a computer shop, I thought I'd open her up and have a look at the fan. BIG MISTAKE. I took it apart, cleaned the fan, rebuilt it and now it is 100% dead. Windows doesn't load. Nothing.

So it has now become apparent to me that, one way or another, I am going to need a new laptop some time soon; at the latest by late September when I return to uni. 

So here is my dilemma:

I have £500 put away which I intended on spending on a holiday in Spain this summer.  Also, my parents (in their undying generosity) have offered to get me a laptop as an early birthday present, three months early. Before this little mishap I was planning on getting an electric drum kit for my birthday to take up with me to Cardiff so that I can keep up my drumming. So here are the choices:

1) I get the laptop as an early birthday present and buy myself a trip to Spain, probably Barcelona, for a week or so.

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2) I get the laptop with my own money and an electric drum kit for my birthday.
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So I either miss out on a trip to Spain or an electric drum kit. Tough decision.


What would you do?



4 comments:

  1. How much does the drum kit cost?

    Personally, I'd go with the drum kit over Spain - it's good to keep your drumming going, while you can pretty much take a trip to Spain whenever you want in the holidays...

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  2. Or...you could just take it to an actual computer shop and have them fix it for you??

    You've probably not earthed yourself before touching it - happens all the time!

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  3. Yeah I think that's what I have done!

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  4. Hmmm, the alptop needed to be replaced anyway didn't it?

    I'd go for the drumkit if those are the two options, having something to use all year and beyond is better than the fleeting trip to Barca. You could do that next summer :)

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