The Search Is On For a New Computer

I’ve always been a PC or “Non-MAC” guy with computers. This is for a variety of reasons I could write about in a completely different post for why graphic design can accomplished without the Apple logo.  This being said, I might have finally found a reason to try out a Macintosh computer. In the last month, yes…within the last thirty days, two of my PC computers have both died and are now resting in peace.

1. Sony VAIO FW

The first computer to fall victim to the angel of computer death was my Sony VAIO laptop. It was a gorgeous machine with a 16.4 inch wide-screen view and absolutely stocked to handle my editing and graphic design needs. There was nothing wrong with its performance, except a few minor hardware downsides (keyboard and touchpad).

I connected the laptop to a DLP project to present a slideshow I had created, and left it on top of a projector tray. After the presentation ended, I moved the laptop off the projector and put it on a shelf for the very specific reason of keeping it safe. I answered a few questions, wrapped up with a few comments of my own and proceeded to move the projector tray out of the way to help clean up. My laptop was still attached the the projector by the vga cable, the projector stretch it too far, and in what seemed like an eternity…the laptop fell off the shelf and took a nose dive 5 feet down to the hard, marble floor. My initial reaction was shock, then confusion. After I regained composure, I turned on my laptop to check out the damage.

Hardware wise, the AC port was loose and would not hold the power cord’s input into the computer. Windows started slower than usual and all processes would either crash or take an incredibly long amount of time (if it didn’t freeze before then) to finish. Slowly this symptom would get worse as time went on, and I spent a good part of the night backing up all my documents to an external hard drive.

I now turn on the computer and it’s nothing more than a paper weight.

2. DELL inspiron E1505

With my primary machine in a comatose state. I planned on using my backup computer until I could research and shop around for another computer. I plugged in my old DELL Inspiron E1505, and with 2 gb of RAM, thought that it could suffice for at least another month. It was running beautifully and I began to rely on it more than I had anticipated, installing a lot of my old software on the DELL and putting off buying another computer more and more.

Then it happened one Sunday morning…the blue screen of death.

I did everything I could to revive it but it did not take. I finally had to resort to purchasing a Hard Drive dock and saving out the data from the laptop to recover my work. But alas, tragedy struck again, and I had to retire my second laptop within 30 days.

I am looking at a variety of machines, from ACER to HP to yes… a MAC BOOK. I will gladly take suggestions for any machine you’ve owned or currently own that you would recommend me getting.