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    Default This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    Well wouldn't you know it...one of the best nights I have had on cam yet, 2.5 hours in, in the middle of a private, and my 1 year old PC freezes and starts sounding like death. It's done, operating system not found, etc. Can it be fixed? Maybe, but the hard drive shit out a month ago so I'm getting a new PC tomorrow morning.

    I think I'm just looking for moral support and reminders that I have no choice in making this expensive purchase that I SOOOO can't afford right now, because I will make it back in 2 days (3 days tops), as I had planned on working all weekend anyway. Otherwise, I lose money, lose new custys, lose momentum, etc. while having this Sony crap box "repaired" yet again. Right?? Right?? Argh...thanks ladies. I know the answer but dammit, it's only a year old.

    The good news is I put a note on my profile about it and offered a special rate for phone chat until I'm back on cam, and all the pervs are calling tonight.


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    Default Re: This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    My Asus i7 was a huge stretch at the time but i've made that money back many times over. I think you are making the right decision.


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    Thanks for the support Laurie.


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    Default Re: This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    I don't have much advice to offer you but thought I'd share my malfunction story as well, I ordered a new laptop and it came UPS yesterday - used it last night and then this morning it shit the bed - literally haha. The PC could not find the hard drive (no hard drive found) so I called HP support and they had me taking the laptop apart like I worked for Geek Squad or something haha - unplugging the hard drive plugging it back in - nothing worked - they offered to send me a new hard drive. Um NO! I will be returning this laptop and getting another - c'mon a brand new 1000+ laptop should not have a hard drive malfunction less than 24 hours out of the box.

    On the other hand I opted to buy this new laptop so it could handle the encoder because I spend so much time closing processes, checking my cpu usage, getting booted, restarting ect I can't focus on camming and I know I will make more $ without these distractions. I think its the right decision as well - like Laurielegs said - you will make that money back quickly.

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    Thanks ISC. 24 hours????!!?? Ah yeah, brand new or return that. Thanks for the support. Yes I will make that money back quickly!!! Yes I can!!


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    Default Re: This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    Be careful with HP if they are shipping it to you....they do not use the best packing so sometimes the compute can get damage in the mail and be fucked up on arrival....I would see if there is way that you can pick it up.


    OP....yes an new computer is what you should do...

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    Default Re: This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    did you figure out what you are going to do or have an alternative for now?? I don't know how far you are but I live in GA, and you have GA in your name lol...I do have a spare laptop that isn't the best but can be used in emergencies...probably better than the one I'm using (and I desperately need a new one...getting a desktop ASAP!) but the damn plug got messed up, and got extremely loose, and kept falling out and one day I lost everything on it due to it. Anywho...it works. For now my kids just play around on youtube on it lol and I had to secure the plug but if it is moved too much while on, it will most likely cut off. I hope you were able to get something sorted tho it sucks when shit like that happens mine will be doing it ANY day now.
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    AW, TBean you are too sweet! Thank you for offering. And yeah I'm in NE Ga. All is well with my PC!!!! Yay!!!! On the way to Best Buy to shell out my hard earned ass shakin' money I saw a little tech store and went in to maybe buy a refurbished instead. I explained the symptoms to him and he said it was definitely my hard drive AGAIN (^$^%$%), so instead of selling me one he sold me a new hard drive for $100, told me how to install and wallah...Brand new PC (kinda)!! That guy is now getting all of my PC business. I lost last night having to reinstall everything, but I figured I saved so much not buying a new PC I'd just write it off as a nice night off.


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    Default Re: This is the smart thing to do...yes??

    ^^^ keep the receipts and write all of this off as a business expense tax deduction too !!!

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    Thank you Melonie! I was wondering about that, because I was under the impression that if I use my PC for anything not related to my business it didn't qualify as a write off. I'm incorrect on this?


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