Just popping in to say hi! Over 2 years sober!!
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Here's some motivation for your Monday, this is what freedom looks like 
http://i.imgur.com/etlZp8K.png
Of everything that's happened in the more recent years, getting rid of the pesky student loans (well over $34k) was perhaps the biggest sigh of relief (not dying to withdrawal was the other one). I feel such a weight lifted off my shoulders like you wouldn't believe.....
Student loans..... never again! /shudder
With that threat dealt with, i can start spending that extra money on things i actually want instead of making some giant faceless bank rich with interest payments. I admit i do feel a bit "short-changed" given that my degree never helped me much, but whatever, it's finished now.... it's behind me now.
I went ahead and treated myself to a brand new $800+ laptop recently w/ all the gaming bells and whistles (960m chip, i7, HD screen, the works) to celebrate, i'm actually typing this message from my new laptop
cheers
http://i.imgur.com/etlZp8K.png
Of everything that's happened in the more recent years, getting rid of the pesky student loans (well over $34k) was perhaps the biggest sigh of relief (not dying to withdrawal was the other one). I feel such a weight lifted off my shoulders like you wouldn't believe.....
Student loans..... never again! /shudder
With that threat dealt with, i can start spending that extra money on things i actually want instead of making some giant faceless bank rich with interest payments. I admit i do feel a bit "short-changed" given that my degree never helped me much, but whatever, it's finished now.... it's behind me now.
I went ahead and treated myself to a brand new $800+ laptop recently w/ all the gaming bells and whistles (960m chip, i7, HD screen, the works) to celebrate, i'm actually typing this message from my new laptop
cheers
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Some bad news, it appears the laptop i got is "no good" less than 10 days since buying, sending it back for refund 
Seems to be bad software or something, but today turned it on and it was nothing but problems.... totally unresponsive, clicked buttons and nothing happened. Windows explorer was acting weird. Must be a driver or something. I ran a full virus scan and it came back clean, so i'm guessing it's simply a defective unit.
Aaaaarrrgh
I think i'll go with a different brand when i get my money back, Acer seems to be a "budget" brand and it shows.... a shame since the specs/price is so good. I bought an Acer laptop in 2011 as well, it failed within 2 years. You think about giving second chances to these companies and then......
Lesson learned, i'll stick with "the sure thing" brands such as Lenovo
Seems to be bad software or something, but today turned it on and it was nothing but problems.... totally unresponsive, clicked buttons and nothing happened. Windows explorer was acting weird. Must be a driver or something. I ran a full virus scan and it came back clean, so i'm guessing it's simply a defective unit.
Aaaaarrrgh
I think i'll go with a different brand when i get my money back, Acer seems to be a "budget" brand and it shows.... a shame since the specs/price is so good. I bought an Acer laptop in 2011 as well, it failed within 2 years. You think about giving second chances to these companies and then......
Lesson learned, i'll stick with "the sure thing" brands such as Lenovo
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Originally Posted by PurpleKnight 
Sorry to hear about the laptop, but 2 years is fantastic Grubby!! 
Gonna spend the weekend on my trusty Core i3 machine, seems no matter how many hours i run it or how much punishment it takes it just keeps chugging along
This "little guy" Core i3 chip is a true champion, but the same can't be said about Microsoft's crappy windows 10 joke of an OS
.... buggy as hell and seems very unstable, not surprised it crashed on the new laptop.Windows 8 seems to be "the sweet spot" right now, very stable and 0 issues whatsoever. Come to think of it, I don't think i've ever experienced a "catastrophic" level system crash on the Windows 8 OS.
In conclusion, stay away from Windows 10 until it actually works properly/no crashing or bugs.
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