Today I was looking once again at buy.com and found the computer I was originally going to get, the hp pavilion dv9925 with a 17 inch screen and web cam. Instead I bought the 15 inch version because it was 600 dollars not 900 dollars and I love it but now of course buy.com has the 17 inch one for about 600 dollars. It’s exactly like the one I have, just bigger and better. I miss my numbers on the right side and it would be nice to have them back. I may one day get another laptop just so I have 2, one for home and one for travel, yes this is crazy I know. That would be me though and if I can get it on sale then it’s even better!

I’m finding I’m slowly turning into a computer geek who loves not only finding great deals online, like at buy.com, but I have even started takeing apart computers and trying to rebuild them. Thats the other thing I like about this bigger computer, it has more memory on it. At least now I know how to change and add memory to my laptop, I know it’s not that hard but just 3 years ago I would not have even thought of doing it myself. Knowing me I’ll probably find a great deal on memory at buy.com, after I upgrade it.

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Do you like to talk? I know I do and I tend to put things together better when I speak them then when I write them out. When it comes to blogging though you have to be able to write well and type fast right? Maybe now you don’t have to, you could check out this new program called Dragon Naturally Speaking I love the idea of this program as I could have a huge use for this. I think for what I need I would just have to get Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Standard. I sometimes am stuck sitting in my car when I’m doing audits. There is not a lot of room for me to pull out my computer and type up anything, If I had this program I could easily get blog post done or papers done for school without having to wait until I had more space. I also have to exercise a lot as I’m diabetic and trying to lose weight, I could easily get on the treadmill, walk and get my blog post done without having to worry about having the time to do them.

Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Preferred is a great program because it allows you to type faster then most people can by allowing you to talk, but it also starts to recognize your voice instantly allowing background noise to disappear. This is also offered in the standard version, but with the preferred you also are able to use another device when away from your PC and you can create shortcuts to help your work move faster. If you are interested in learning more you can check out NYT on Dragon a revew done by David Pogue.

I could possibly use the preferred version at a job after I graduate so it will be a product I keep in mind and will probably invest in before graduation. Anything that will help me to complete task faster and easier will really help me to succeed in both blogging and interior design.

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Apparently the collage was closed last week, so I have not gotten my student loan refund so I can’t get my laptop. I’m spending a lot of time hoping that my computer will not crash in the meantime. I really hope that they won’t decide that I have to wait until August to get everything like they did last year. I just don’t know if my poor computer will be able to take it.

With my luck I figure they will. It also means I can’t pay off my cell phone and will probably not be able to buy a house until after Christmas. It sucks and I’m tired of it all. I just want something to go right for once. It seems though that it’s always going wrong.

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I’m still waiting for my student loans to credit to my account. I’m hoping they do soon and that I can get my refund this week. The school has not bothered to tell us when we will be getting the refund since Friday is the 4th of July. I’m just hoping I don’t have to wait until August like I did last year. That would suck.

So anyway I’m trying to be good and not go crazy. It’s not working as my computer keeps reminding me why I need to get a new one. The worst part is after I get my money I still have to order the laptop online from Wal-Mart.com, because the laptop I want is not available in any store in my state. It’s only going to take a week to get here though, so it will be okay once I order it. It’s just waiting to see if I get that money that sucks.

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I am tired and worn out and very happy that we decided not to spend today at the race track. I needed time to relax and sleep. I had fun though, even though I did thing about checking out computer rentals and getting a laptop for the weekend so that I could check weather. I still think I should have we ended up getting soaked waiting in line for garage tickets.

Yes the truck garage was awesome and my niece loved it. There are pictures but I didn’t have a camera so I will have to wait until a friend gets them uploaded and to me. It was a fun day and I am looking forward to the Cup race tomorrow.

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This morning I got up and turned on my computer only to find that I needed to install updates. I’m pretty good and keeping up with that as I know it’s important, but this time I think I should have iqnored the update and let it be.

All morning I was haveing problems with things running and my computer overall just not being happy. Eventually I ended up takeing it apart cleaning it again ( I did that a few weeks ago) and starting it back up. So far it’s running okay, but we will see. I really just can’t wait to get my laptop in July. I wish I could afford it sooner, but I can’t.

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My family has a computer that is around 7 years old. It’s very slow and needs to be upgraded. They did some upgrading to get the world of warcraft game to work, but I really don’t think they did enough. It’s still very slow and even the game doesn’t work as well as it could. It really needs a memory upgrade along with a few others.

I told my mom in her case it might be better just to get a new computer. She’s a teacher and needs it for work and my little brother is only a freshman so he will need a good running computer for a while. Unfortunately thats not an option right now as no one has any money. Food and electricity come before anything else. If I get a laptop I may give them some of my memory from my desk top as it will only be around for emergency use.

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