Collapsed computer . . .

Well, it didn't take ME long to replace my laptop . . .

 

While I was watching TV and playing Solitaire last night the screen suddenly went black.  I had been considering having it repaired anyway because after I accidentally got a search app that insisted upon replacing Google a while back, I managed to delete darned near everything while trying to get rid of it!  I finally did get it deleted, but after that the laptop wouldn't go online wirelessly -- only if I plugged it in directly to the router.  Obviously, I must have deleted something critical.  Sigh. 

 

Well, now that it's out like a light, so to speak, I went to Amazon and got myself a refurbished one.  It's nice that it was significantly less expensive than a brand new one, but the main reason I got it instead of new one was so I could have Windows 7 and NOT Windows 8!  Windows 8 came on Mark's newest computer and we BOTH hate it!  It's incredibly annoying.  I guess down the road I'll have to deal with that, too, but since I can't stand it at the moment, I'm not going to use it until I have absolutely NO choice! 

 

What I got was an HP Pavilion G7-1261NR 17.3" Laptop (2.5-1.9GHZ AMD A4-3300m Processor, 6GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Burner + Blu-ray, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit). 

 

Microprocessor 2.5GHz/1.9GHz VISION A4 Technology from AMD with AMD Dual-Core A4-3300M Accelerated Processor

Memory 6GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM); max memory supported = 8GB

BrightView LED-backlit 1600 x 900 display; AMD Radeon HD 6480G Discrete-Class Graphics

Digital media card reader, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45, headphone, microphone, and 3 serial bus ports

Touchpad with multitouch gesture support and on/off button

 

It may not be absolutely top of the line, but on the other hand, it was only a few hundred dollars and not $1200 either!  

 

Now it's going to be a week or more before it arrives.  Don't know if I can watch TV without a computer in my lap!  We'll have to see.  (I may have to watch TV from the office instead!)